BUS HELD UP
: BY MASKED ROBBERS. ' (Australian Press Association) , (R%c*ived this day at 9.40 aim.) 1 •• SYDNEY, August 11. YberA was • a daring hcdd-up in the suburb of Newtown. Two masked band-
its jumped on a crowded bus about
midnight and at- a revolver point ' bailed up the driver and. conductor, at the same time ordering the passengers to keep their seats,v; The driver,-James Rowe was commanded not, to. stop the vehicle. The’, conductor, Edward Burns, was forced to relinquish a bag containing about £ls sterling, Meantime the passengers were in a panic, two women fainting. While the bus was still in motion the robbers leaped clear and got away.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1930, Page 5
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