SENSATIONAL AFFAIR.
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Melbourne, Last Night. A sensational attempt at robbery was made in the forenoon. Two postal officials. Hughes "and McCartney, wer© conveying £2OOO to pay workmen at | the new Post Office in Spencer street. when three men armed with revolvers j ruslid up in a motor car and threw ! pepper in the men’s faces. The-y struck McCartney severe blows on th© head and attempted to grab tho big of money. The workmen came on the scene and prevented the desperado* s, who clambered into the motor and escaped. McCartney was taken to the ! hospital but his condition is not serv-
I Oils. There was another sensation at AbI botsford. Gorman, the postmaster drew £2OO from the hank to pay soldiers. Returning to the Post Office, he deposited the money bag on the counter to attend to the telephone. A man entered, secured the bag. and I bolted. He has not been caught.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5446, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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157SENSATIONAL AFFAIR. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5446, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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