ARMED ROBBER
SENS ATI ON AL HOLD-UP. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) BRISBANE, Dec. 18. At Rockhampton an armed robber held at bay two' unarmed constables, who found him hiding under a bridge. The robber escaped. He compelled a boy to hand over his pony, on which he rode into the. bush, but returned at night and held up the landlady of the local hotel, who threw a bottle at him and screamed. The robber again escaped and changed into different clothes, since when he has not been seen. The incident is reminiscent of the hushranging days in Australia.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 December 1930, Page 9
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100ARMED ROBBER Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 December 1930, Page 9
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