DARING GOLD THEFT
RAID BY MOTOR BANDITS BOX WORTH £15,000 STOLEN. INSURED' FOR ONLY £SO (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 1.30 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Oct. 31. While a delivery van in charge of a; youth was standing in Gransinn Road four men emerged from a motor oar, jostled l the youngster and decamped with a box of gold valued at £15,000. The gold was part of a consignment en route to a smelters.
The youth, in a gallant effort to prevent its removal, jumped on the running board of the thieves’ car, hut he Avals beaten off. The car disappeared down the back streets at a great pace. A railway company states that the consignment was insured only for £SO, consequently a, police escort was deemed unnecessary.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 1 November 1933, Page 9
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129DARING GOLD THEFT Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 1 November 1933, Page 9
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