A NARROW ESCAPE
SAVED BY SPECTACLE CASt. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.in.) COLOMBO. January 2,"). Court proceedings against five men revealed that a spectacle case and pencil in the left lircast pocket saved the life of a planter, Caiithiv, who after being shot bv robbers, staggered a mile in the darkness from the estate to a bungalow, accompanied by his wife. They lost nearly a thousand sterling. The spectacle case and pencil were riddled with pellets.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1931, Page 5
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82A NARROW ESCAPE Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1931, Page 5
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