ROBBED WHILE SHAVING
guest house incident SYDNEY, Aug. S. Air Stewart Coombes, of Broken Hill, one. of the delegates to the Miners’ Federation National Convention, was robbed yesterday.
Mr Coontbes was staying at a city guest, house, and when he was shaving in the bathroom a stranger entered and asked him if he had been kept awake all night by a drunken reveller.
“No.” answered, Mr Goo mhos, “I heard nothing.”
“Well, you are lucky.” replied the stranger. “What’s the number of
your room f”
“No. 27.” said Air Coombes", as be continued to lather his 1 faee. The man then left the bathroom, and when ALT Coombes returned to his room a few minutes later, lie found his wallet, containing £3, his return ticket to Broken Hill, and motor registration ’ papers were, missing. The thief had left his watch and lOd on the dressing table. Mr Coombes said' that if tlie thief returned to him his return railway ticket to .Broken Hill and his other private papers, lie could keep the £3. “I am willing to forfeit this as the price of my experience,” lie said.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 91, 30 September 1938, Page 4
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