CHINESE ROBBED
BUT MONEY RECOVERED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 27
An elderly Chinese, Lee Jung, was robbed of more than £130 which constituted the greater portion of his life's savings when he was overpowered in a public convenience in Myers Park on Saturday night. He was carrying the money, a wad of notes, in his breast pocket. He accompanied detectives during a search for his assailant when the money was recovered.
An elderly Maori woman suspect was arrested.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 50, 28 August 1939, Page 5
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79CHINESE ROBBED Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 50, 28 August 1939, Page 5
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