POSTMASTER ASSAULTED
KEYS STOLEN AND SAFE ROBBED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. MELBOURNE, April 29. Mr Spencer Column, postmaster at Scar-, borough, according to a story hc_ told tho police, had 'a sensational experience on Friday night. He was returning homo when he was attacked and by (wo men, bound, gagged, and carried into the, bush, whore lie was beaten until ho was unconscious. When he regained his senses at midnight and managed' to release himself ho found that the keys of the post office were missing from his pocket. He reached the police station still gagged and partially bound. A visit to the post cilice disclosed that the safe had been ransacked and l £l5O taken. There is no clue to the robbers.
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Evening Star, Issue 17956, 1 May 1922, Page 4
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127POSTMASTER ASSAULTED Evening Star, Issue 17956, 1 May 1922, Page 4
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