THEFT FROM TRAM.
ARMED RUBBER IN SYDNEY. CONDUCTOR’S BAG RIFLED. SYDNEY, January 8. A sensational hold-up occurred at a lonely spot in the suburb of Long Bay early this morning, when a masked man presented a revolver and ordere;d the driver, and conductor of a tram to hold up thejr hands.
The bandit then ransacked l the conductor’s bag. He received only a small amount of silvey for his daring, Keeping the revolver levelled at the two men, the desperado ordered them back to the tram. He; stood on the lines, still holding the' revolver, until the tram, which contained no. passengers, was on its way to the depot.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5372, 9 January 1929, Page 2
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109THEFT FROM TRAM. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5372, 9 January 1929, Page 2
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