DIAMOND THEFT
BANDITS GET AWAY WITH BIG HAUL f Over £IO,OOO Worth of Stones Stolen SENSATIONAL HOLD-UPS STAGED IN MELBOURNE Merchant Attacked, Also TwooWomm r Press Association. —Copyright, f Received To-day, 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day.—in two sensational hold-ups, bandits succeeded in getting away with over £IO,OOO worth of diamonds. While on the way from Daylesforo. to Ballarat, H. Lewis, a diamond merchant, was robbed of £9OOO worth. In South Melbourne two women were robbed of £l6O worth each. In each case masked men presented guns and in the second attack three shots were fired after Miss Eileen Heinze, who was attempting to escape with a bag of diamonds.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 August 1932, Page 5
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108DIAMOND THEFT Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 August 1932, Page 5
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