ARMED MEN TAKE £3O
PETROL STATION ROBBERY
MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS After a busy evening, during which numerous motor vehicle owners had purchased petrol in anticipation of the higher charges for petrol, .a garage attendant in Wellington was robbed of about £3O shortly before midnight on Tuesday by two men, who left him unconscious and bleeding. The scene of the hold-up was Sherwin and Morton Limited’s service station in Wakefield, street. The attendant, Mr. Charles Williams, or Hay street, said later that he was cashing up for the night when he was called to the door of the office and confronted by two men, who, he alleged, commanded him, at the point ol' a revolver, to “hold them up. The men, he alleged, struck him savagely on the forehead. On recovering consciousness, Mr. Williams telephoned the police. He was later taken to hospital, but his condition is not serious.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 7
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147ARMED MEN TAKE £30 Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 7
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