LORRY FORCED INTO GUTTER

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 May 1937, Page 4

LORRY FORCED INTO GUTTER

£35 STOLEN FROM DRIVER. < SYDNEY. May 18. j Tv. o armed men, driving an old sedan motor car, forced a motor lorry into the gutter at Rozclle last night, and robbed an employee of Anthony I Hordern and Sons., Ltd., of £35. Arthur Robert Jakins. of Lithgowstreet. St. Leonards, who has been employed by the company for 27 years, vas driving his lorry along. Western-road. Rozelle, vhen he no-

ticed the two men following him in their car. In a dark part of the road (he men accelerated. Their car came alongside the lorry, and then swerved towards the left, forcing it towards the kerb. I Jakins. fearing a collision, drew into the. gutter and pulled up. The. mon jumped from their car. Ono of them drew a revolver and covered Jakins. “Hand over a.ll the money and bo quiet about it." he said. Jakins told the police that he realised that the mon wore desperate and intended to shoot if he shoved re - sistance. He handed them a leather bag containing £35 in banknotes and

silver coins. “Drive away, and keep on going,” one of the men said. Jakins drove on, and the two men ran back to their car with the bag containing the money. Detective-Sergeant Hamilton and Constable Smith were detailed to investigate the robbery as soon as Jakins reported the matter to the Balmain police.