SCRAMBLE FOR DIAMONDS.
<> — ■ KING THIEF CAUGHT. (BI CABLE-MES3 ASSOCIATION COPSaIGH?.) UU3TEAMAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) BRISBANE, February C. Lato yesterday afternoon a young man entered a jeweller's shop iu the heart of tho city, arid asked to bo (shown somo diamond rings. Wiilc a girl was displaying them tho man seized two trays and decamped after a desperate struggle with the girl and another assistant who chased the thief. , Tho thief was eventually knocked down by a civilian and urrested after throwing the rings into the street, where a crowd scrambled tor them. AH tho ring 3 with the exception of one-were later returned to the shop.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17990, 6 February 1924, Page 13
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107SCRAMBLE FOR DIAMONDS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 17990, 6 February 1924, Page 13
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