THE FALL OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Much amusement bos been caused in ft certain. Main Trunk town by the efforts of an amateur cletectfte. As the shades of night were falling, he noticed a cat* ■glide into the scrub on the side of the , road, and be skilfully hidden from eight 7>y a barricade of manuka. Scenting a stolen i oar, and perhaps an (soaped prisoner from the nearby prison camps, the embryo Sherlock Holmos drove hastily some seven miles into Tokaanu and informed the police. A possce was formed, which threw out a screen, and surrounded the “stolen" car, calling on the inmates to surrender and come along quietly. Before the annoyed honeymoon couple had finished their remarks, the “detective" had faded into the night.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12659, 20 January 1927, Page 4
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125THE FALL OF SHERLOCK HOLMES New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12659, 20 January 1927, Page 4
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