DOMINION NEWS
A SSAULTED AND ROBBED
(Press Association.) ' AUCKLAND, Jan. 2
Mr. A. M. Baird, ~ ’a; middle-aged restauranteur, was assaulted and robbed of two days’ takings,' £6B, at about 1.30 o’clock on New Year’s morning.’ He went home in a’ taxi in which two other men werepassengers.’ All left the taxi at Mr Baird’s gate, and lie wished the’others* a happy new year. Then, he says, lie . was sandbagged and robbed of a bag containing the money. The taxi in the meantime had gone on. Mr Baird shouted for help and people; including his wife, - who was at a party across'the road, came out and picked him up suffering from two black eyes and a broken nose.
IRON SAND DEPOSITS POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS fPress. Association.l , NEW; PLYMOUTH Jan 2. An* indication .'that', there is a possibility of the iron sand deposits in North Taranaki again being developed is given by Mr O. M. Burley, who states that a modern steel-making plant awaits shipment from San Fran, cisco to . New Plymouth. This will he done as ; soon as r satisfactory arrangements are made/ with: the. New Plymouth Harbor. Board. For leases.
The. American concern which is negotiating has experimented with Taranaki iron sand arid is confident of success. It claims to have evolved a new and wholly successful method of smelting iron sand. ■ . • ~
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11404, 3 January 1931, Page 3
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