BANK CLERK AND BURGLAR.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2433, 26 July 1924, Page 7

BANK CLERK AND BURGLAR.

EARLY MORNING DUEL IN TIMARU. INTRUDER DECAMPS WITHOUT HOOT. : i (Per Press Association.! TEMARU, Last Night, | .Something of a sensation was caused j in Tinuiru to-day as the result of a, report .made to the police by a clerk in the. National Bank of New Zealand: I that a burglar broke into the bank in itho early hours of the morning. [ The clerk sleeps on the premises, and on being awakened at 5 a.m., hurried down stairs with his revolver, when a scuffle took place between himself and the intruder. The latter is said to have thrown a chair at the clerk’s head and the chair struck the latter’s revolver, causing it to go oh. The intruder then rushed out of the back door and the clerk fired, but did not hit him. The man escaped without securing - anything. The police are investigating the affair. FURTHER OUTBREAKS IN ■MELBOURNE. ARMED AND MASKED BANDITS. [By Electric Cable —Copyright! [Ausf ned N.Z Cable Association.] (Received Saturday. 2 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July 25. Another outbreak of armed roo- ! beries is reported in the suburbs. Early htis evening a man was bailed up by three masked and armed men at Kcw. They presented revolvers and relieved him of £67. A young woman at Richmond was stopped by a masked man who pointed a revolver at her. She screamed and the man decamped without robbing her. |