£500 STOLEN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 28 October 1941, Page 6

£SOO STOLEN

BAG SNATCHED FROM MESSENGER IN AUCKLAND CITY STREET MAN STILL AT LARGE Auckland, This Day. A i/.tcen-.,■car-old m« senger boy fi •-■«) i:.<• Wa:da Trading Company, •\ street, Colii r, t upon in Victoria street in the : 1e for< i m to-day by a man who : matched from him a leather bag conI •'lining approximately £SOO, threer.Ch of which wa n bank notes. The man dealt him a blow on the left arm, ■ u ng Jack on to 100 en his grip on II ■ bag. Tbc man da hed off with the i.a-j into the front door of the Victoria lb tel ami aI o i th«- corridor into a back lane. A sailor in naval uniform saw the inoidci ’. but it I ippenod o quickly that l e was unable to do anything. Ddcet. \<• were on the scene within | three minutes of the alarm. Until a few weeks ago the money v. a . banked by a more senior’ emj tery service. The route usually followed to the bank wa: via Durham street, but owing 1o heavy rain to-day Jackon went down the more sheltered VTcThc bag natehcr was described as bort and thick set. about 35. ruddy complexion, and wearing a *blue suit but no overcoat despite the rain.—P.A.