GAOL OFFICERS SHOT AT.
CRICKET SENSATION. i ..... - < - - /"■ . ■■■■!■■.■ ; .j United Press AsSn.—Flee. Tel. Copyrlerni SYDNEY, Dec. 30. . During a cricket match In which Bathurst gaol officers were playing, shots fired by a hidden marksman whistled round the players’ heads. Gaol officers ,wcre batting and a warder was keeping wicket., , V The marksman apparently fired at the batsmen. Ho has not been traced. THE EXPLANATION. ■[%>; v ; YOUTHS FIRING AT A TIN. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Dec. 31, 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 31. It is now established that the bullet's which landed on the • Bathhurst cricket field were fired by youths who were practising at a jam tin in a nearby backyard.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19463, 31 December 1934, Page 7
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