STREET ROBBERY.
BAG WITH £23,000. BANK CLERK SURPRISED. THIEVES ESCAPE JN CAR. AFFAIR IN DAYLIGHT. PORTSMOUTH SENSATION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received April 2fi, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 25. A wave of banditry continues throughout Britain. A Portsmouth bank clerk was carrying a bag containing £23,000 in broad daylight when a motor-car containing four men pulled up. One jumped out, snatched the bag and re-entered tho car, which sped away, later attaining a speed of 60 rniles an hour. An elderly bank messenger, who was accompanying the clerk, jumped on the running-board of the escaping car, but he was knocked unconscious. The stolen bag actually contained 23,477 banknotes. The street was a busy one. This is Britain's biggest street robbery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21167, 27 April 1932, Page 11
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119STREET ROBBERY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21167, 27 April 1932, Page 11
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