LAWLESS MELBOURNE.
7 CITIZEN'S GABBY ARMS. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July 11. Melbourne appears at present to be on the crest of a. crimie wave. Apart from the hold-ups reported recently many minor robberies with, violence haive occurred. • ’AI number’, of (houses and-J»iiWings have been broken into and" ransacked. Many citizens have taken the advice of the Chief Commissioner of Police and armed . themselves with various kinds of weapons. The Chief Secretary does not approve of this advice. He favours tightening up the law so as ito break organised gangs of criminals.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1924, Page 3
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94LAWLESS MELBOURNE. Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1924, Page 3
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