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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 5 August 1941, Page 4

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WELLINGTON TAXI-DRIVER t ROBBED v Wellington, Aug. 4. A Wellington taxi-driver, Mr William Magee, was held up at the point of a i revolver on Saturday night and robbed ' by a man whom he had driven from the city to Lyall Bay. Mr Magee, who drives for Wellington Taxis and lives at 17 Parliament \ street, was approached on his stand . opposite tlie Public Library about 7.30 ‘ p.m. by a man of about 27 to 32 years. " wearing blue glasses, who asked to be'! taken to Roseneath. On arrival there . 1 the man told Mr Magee to drive him down through Kilbirnic. After follow- 1 ing a roundabout route, the man told ' the driver to stop in a darkened part i of Queen's Drive. Lyall Bay Alighting from the taxi. the man ■ suddenly produced a nickel-plated re- ; volver which he levelled at the driver. He also had a bludgeon. The taxidriver was forced to hand over his j money, amounting to 15s in. silver. It is understood that the driver also had' some notes in his possession, but be- , fore the thief could get these, some men approached with the intention of, hailing the taxi and the man made off, i leaving the bludgeon. The police are investigating. There have not been many robberies of this nature in Wellington, but the manager of a Wellington taxi company said one of his drivers had been beaten up by two sailors in February and had been taken to hospital with a broken iaw ■—P.A