TERRIFIED RESIDENTS
WATCHED BURGLARS BREAK INTO POST OFFICE. Received May 17, 11 p.m. SYDNEY, May 17. While a gang of daring ourgiars blew a hole in a brick wall which gav ‘ them access to the strongroom at the Botany Post Office eaciy this monnng, four local residents secretly watched the explosive operaLioas too terr.lied to leave their home to notify the i«olice, owing to the fact that one membei of the gang was patro’liug the street. The burglars obtained casn, postal notes and stamps worth £5O. Not one eye-witness had a telephone.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 115, 18 May 1939, Page 8
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92TERRIFIED RESIDENTS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 115, 18 May 1939, Page 8
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