ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
(BY TKLKGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Invercaroua, Monday. Between ton and elevon o'clock on Saturday night J. D. McGruer, draper, was set upon by threo men who had been hiding in a clump of trees on Ellis Road. One struck him on tie head with a stick and partially stunned him. Fortunately, MeGruer was accompanied by his wife and lady friends, whoso outcries caused the would-be robbers to hurriedly decamp. Their object was ovidently to secure Saturday's takings,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10081, 17 March 1896, Page 5
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79ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10081, 17 March 1896, Page 5
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