SHOTS FIRED.
—-— L N <_OI Ml it WIPH \ h> IIbLUJ (By Tcletrrarli.—l'rcss AesocS-ittoii. l ' ■ Auckland,' Burglars and rnniour.-;. of s.ion-, .tin.iio to rtgitjttte' 'ciyii rind Nellieia 1 ni!iuls : ' :6f Aiiciclaiid. 'l his inoi'ning ; ihe (!)«cQv('i'v' was made that. some time alter owning the back-door or" butcher shop, .jorif' '.thtf 'A'ficklaiitf••ttoad*aV O'nehunga, li-u'd beeii; biirstVopcii;-UJntrancoi having thus ibeeii 'ob!ajiied;.Hhb' int ruderproceeded to the .-'nop., till, and . lorr-wi thai open. : .The cU'ecl," however, >va- ; only to ■ tlio Hi!i from illicit, all the ejsh .h;id been' re,moved on Hiuunky 'ni'ilil. i>v.-tho owner. •: '.VesterdSj- eveiiihg: Mr.:iFSSJ : Morton/of Chieiiuiijia, caino. into;actual conflict with ...a ,biivglav;i iHo : s'eepsiupstairs on •1 he ;: prcinises,. and after •;if .Q'eid'ck.,'on. , :Suriday.ii!ight''. by.' wliat ho: took iq" lie M li.M ko.hihV(of;foiling glass. He' posseted 'himself of- a- revolver, and crept .'sfenlthily:. to'lthei. the: stairs, '.from which, position •h-i'-'obwrved a nian ■ with'. : ,s -lifflited-' iivdch: in . his hand, crouched,'-' ' and. moving behind the. eoimtcr. Mr;' Mortfln o,f with llio tevolveir, and lircd .fonr shots, ,a! tko-.same lime calling 1 for. help. iCoiustabldi/.Siiiith.vwli.o ; was on', li.igh.t; duty,. ;.wasL J fitlract«k,tb.' tliei place, ; :and. ;oarae : .-tp&;h'a'iid"S.very?)soon; ! ;butabyi then tho burglar, had .vai'sishedv. " :
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 6
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188SHOTS FIRED. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 6
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