BURGLARY.
A BANK ENTERED. SCUFFLE WITH CLERK. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) _ . TIMARU, July 20. Something of a sensation was caused in Timaru to-day as a result of a report made to the police by a clerk in the National Bank of New Zealand that a burglar broke into the bank in the early hours of the morning. The clerk sleeps on the premises, and on being awakened at 5 a.m.. hint led downstairs with his revolver, uhen a sou file took place between liimselt and the intruder. The later is •smd to have thrown a chair at the ceres head, and the chair struck the clerk s revolver, causing it to go off. the intruder then rushed out the back door and the clerk fired, but did not hit him. The man escaped without securing anything. .The police are investigating the affair.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 July 1924, Page 5
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