DARING HOLD-UP.
£2OOO Seized Outside Bank in Sydney Street. TWO MEN WOUNDED. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received June 26, 2.40 p.m.) SYDNEY. June 26. A sensational hold-up occurred in Barrack Street, city, this morning. Two men from the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board had just drawn £2OOO from the Bank of New South Wales and were entering their car when another car containing two men drew up behind it. It is stated that a man from the car behind drew a revolver and pressed it into the back of the driver of the Water Board car, demanding that the money be handed over. The demand was resisted, whereupon two shots were fired. The driver of the Water Board car was wounded' in the arm and , his companion was struck on the head and rendered unconscious by the other participants in the hold-up. The assailants then seized the bag containing the money and escaped. They were last seen crossing Prymont Bridge into the outskirts of the
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 26 June 1934, Page 7
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166DARING HOLD-UP. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 26 June 1934, Page 7
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