ARMED YOUTHS
FOUND SLEEPING IN PARK
, (Par Press Association, Copyright). •AUCKLAND, . July- 8. About two o’clock yesterday morning, while lie was patiUlliiig Victoria' Park, a constable found twq -boys, one aged 14,. and the other aged 17, asleep 'in the , pdvili ! oWv , Both boys were armed with guns, , one having a fully-loaded rifle, and the other an automatip pistol. There were seven cartridges in, the rifle. The pistol also was loaded. The constable also seized nearly fifty rounds of ammunition. It . is believed that both boys cycled to Auckland, recently from Eitham, where, Jt is; alleged,-they broke, into premises Mid istole firearms. .One boy, has been remanded to appear at Eitham on' another charge, while the younger .one hos been remanded in the bare of* the' Child Welfare Department.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1935, Page 5
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