DARING THEFT.
Great daring was shown by a tliief who a woman passenger on the liner Narkunda of £l5O in money before the vessel sailed from Sydney recently. Ho snatched the money out of a. handbag which the woman—Mrs Grenfell —was carrying on her arm. The nloinev was contained in a wallet and Mrs Grenfell, who is travelling to London, was standing on the saloon deck of the vessel at the P. and O. wharf not long before the vessel left. Her bag was hanging on her arm as <Fiie was talking to some friends who had cpme to say good-bye. Suddenly a hand was plunged into the bag at her elbow and she found to her consternation that the wallet was missing. She saw a. man making a hurried departure and was able to give a detailed description to the police, who are investigating the case. The money was mostly in £lO notes with a number of £1 notes.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 2944, 22 March 1922, Page 2
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160DARING THEFT. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 2944, 22 March 1922, Page 2
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