Tommy Gen Stolen
GISBORNE, Monday. The thei'l of a tommy-gun, together with a supply of ammunition, is reported from a Home Guard depot near Gisborne, and shots heard during the night suggest that the firearm has been put to some use by the person who removed it. ‘The absence of the gun was discovered yesterday, and it is believed that it was removed, together with 500 rounds of ammunition, some time on Thursday night or early yesterday morning. A window was broken. At about one o’clock yesterday Mr. G. S. Taylor, who lives at Wainui Beach, heard shots near by and also a thud on the wall of his house. Investigating later, he found a bullet embedded in the wall.
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Northern Advocate, 18 May 1943, Page 4
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