£7O THEFT
BY SIMPLE TRICK. SYDNEY, August 8. Mr Alfred E. Davies- pews agent, of Anzac Parade, Kensington, was robbed of more than £7O. yesterday by a simple trick. A man and two. women entered the shop. The man and one woman aslted about a riiagaziiie in the..window. They told Davies they Would/point it out to him, and Davies accompanied them, into the street. ,
The couple indicated a horror magazine, and asked him if lie was sure it was the latest copy. ; While tile discussion was taking place the other woman left the shop. Davies thought she. had tired of waiting. - -
He sold the magazine to his customers—price 6d —and 15 / minutes later discovered liis loss of moru than £7O.
He had Ifeft tile money in a cashbox on a shelf, before taking it to the bank.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1938, Page 7
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137£70 THEFT Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1938, Page 7
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