ROBBED OF £9OOO
SOUTH AFRICAN 'TRICKED Prvw Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright./ . LONDON, July 26. Jacobus de Wot, a wealthy South African visitor to London, was robbed of £9OOO by confidence tricksters, one •ol whom i,s a New Zealander. They met casually in the lounge of a hoteil, where they described to de Wet an infallible betting system. Do Wet handed over the money tout later ■recognised the photographs of his acquaintances at Scotland Yard’s ‘ •■rogues ’ gallery. ’ ’
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 July 1930, Page 7
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77ROBBED OF £9000 Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 July 1930, Page 7
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