ARMED HOLD-UP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 234, 4 October 1943, Page 3

ARMED HOLD-UP

CHINESE THE VICTIM (P.A.) Auckland, Oct. 2 An armed hold-up took place in a Chinese fruiterer’s shop at Remuera at midnight when two men, one wearing the uniform of a New Zealand soldier, robbed the proprietor after he had engaged in a desperate struggle with his assailants and had been struck on the head with the butt of a heavy' automatic pistol. Altogether four men were involved in the holdup. Two servicemen waited in a sedan car outside the shop, and when the other two men came out of the shop after robbing the Chinese the four drove off at a fast speed and escaped. The victim of the attack was Francis Wong Hop, aged 40. The Chinese opened the door in response to a knock, which he believed was from a policeman. One of the two m®i produced a pistol, saying, “You know what we want. Hand it over.” The Chinese broke away, but was finally cornered and given a hard blow on top of the head. Hop was not knocked unconscious, hut was dazed. While in this condition his assailants took from his pockets a £5 note and two £1 notes. Investigations by the police are proceeding.