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PARCEL FOR POLICE CHIEF POSSIBLE TRAGEDY AVERTED. PACKAGE OPENED IN WATER. .United Press Association—Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 3 p.m. to-day. VANCOUVER, Atarch S. A mail parcel addressed “personal” to Police Inspector John Vance, head of the Police Bureau of Criminal Science, was found to contain sufficient nitro-glycerine to wreck the police station. It was opened in water and a probable tragedy was averted.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 9 March 1934, Page 9
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