MAIL BAG ROBBED
OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS. (Australian Press Association.) (Deceived this dav at 1.30 r> m.) SYDNEY, May 1. A bag included in the mail arriving at Canberra early this morning was found rifled. Instead of ten thousand pounds in fivers and single notes, intended for payment of civil servants salaries the hag contained only stones and a telephone directory. 'Hie police express the opinion that the robbery occurred in the train.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1931, Page 5
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