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MEN ARRESTED WITH SYPHON. By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, January 23. Two detectives hid in a quarry at Mt. Roskill last night, and at 2 a.m. heard a motor truck arrive. Lying in the grass they watched two men walk to a benzine store. The detectives waited and then crept up and surprised the men preparing to siphon benzine from a drum. At the Police Court Harry Lav/rence McQuoid (36), and Walter Alexander Amos Scott (28) were charged with stealing benzine on January 20, and 22, and attempting to steal it to-day. They were remanded till Wednesday.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19091, 25 January 1932, Page 9
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98CHEAP PETROL. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19091, 25 January 1932, Page 9
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