Problem for a Sentry
One of the soldiers guarding St. James’s Palace, London, a few weeks ago, was put in a quandary w en saw immediately opposite Lis box four “gentlemen, raiders” break into a tobacconist’s premises and get away with cigars worth hundreds of pounds. The sentry could not leave his pos • To have done so would have merited punishment. He thought of calling out the guard, but he remembered that he was guarding a royal palace and that the shop was not part of his chai S°The guardsman did the next thing. He allowed the four Raffles to carry on with their raid, making a note of the number of their car. Later S? ,r chased, tat tie Bucves had the advantage of the fog and go away.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6773, 3 February 1932, Page 9
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130Problem for a Sentry Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6773, 3 February 1932, Page 9
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