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EARLY MORNING EXPLOSION COOT, INSPECTOR OF POLICE TOOK IT PHILOSOPHICALLY “WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THESE Til TN( iS" (Per Press Association) Greymoiitli, Oct. 5. A bomb was thrown on to file roof of the residence in Bticcleugh street of Police Inspector Lopdell early this morning causing damage to (lie roof. The Inspector, when interviewed, was reticent but said that. til. .1.30 his family and himself were awakened by the sound of something heavy falling on to the roof. "We were commenting about, tlte noise when a heavy explosion took place. An examination revealed that a bomb was thrown and had lodged in the gutter between the ridges of the house, where it exploded. This is all J have to say. We have to accept these things when they come.” * ( Inspector Lopdell was in command of the police forces in Wellington early this year when the several riots were staged by the Beds).
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3850, 5 October 1932, Page 8
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