BANK ROBBERY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 July 1924, Page 9

BANK ROBBERY.

FURTHER DETAILS. A PRACTISED HAND. BY CABLE-PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT Received July 31, 12.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, .July 31. ii jobber secured £SOB. The telephone wires had been * cut inside tlie bank, apparently by someone with lu^l ’ lla tc knowledge of the premises. After Chittock fired the first shot the intruder closed with him, and a desperate struggle followed. Furniture was upset, and smashed, and eventually the i evolver ■ was wrenched from the teller s hand. The man fired two shots, wounding Chittock in the left hand and Jett foot, compelling him to release his hold of the .robber, who then rushed to the counter and secured the notes, escaping over a fence. He drooped 9.8 single notes, which were fouifd later. Hie manager, who had gone out to try get into telephone touch with the head office, returned after the struggle was over and found Chittock wounded, the police were called quickly to the scene, hut failed to discover any clue. •Chittock is a returned soldier. He was conveyed to the hospital, but his wounds are. not serious.

Neighbouring shopkeepers heard the shot, but thought the bank employees wea-e indulging in a little practice. It is evident from the manner in which the telephone wires were cut %nd the alacrity with which the robber seized the teller’s revolver that he had a knowledge of the banking premises An interesting fact is that at the CommerCl r r.i ill the neighbouring suburb or G lent erne, the manager,_Berriman, "as killed in somewhat similar circums.ances last year. The scene of the lobbery is in the centre of the business premises of Canterbury.