BOYS' ESCAPADE
FOUND WITH FIREARMS
(By Telegraph—Pro=s Association-;)
AUCKLAND, July" 8,
About 2 o'clock yesterday morning, while he was patrolling Victoria Park, a constable found two boys, one aged 14 and the other 17, asleep in the pavilion. Both were armed with guns, one having a fully-loaded rifle and the other an automatic pistol. There were seven ..cartridges in the rifle; the pistol also was loaded. The constable also seized nearly 50 rounds of ammunition.
It is believed that both boys cycled to Auckland recently from Eltham, where, it is alleged they broke into premises and stole the firearms. One boy has been remanded ■ to. appear at Eltham on another charge, while the younger one has been remanded in the care of the Child Welfare Department.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 17
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