TICKET CLERK SHOT
(Press Assn.—
MYSTERIOUS ASSAILANT FIRES THROUGH • WINDOW '
-By Telegraph — Copyriglit) .
Christchurch, Sunday. Answering' a light knock, Leonard 'Arthiir Lee, ' shijpV clerk on duty at the Addington railway station, pusTied" iip' the" slide' of the ticket office' wi'ndo'w ti-night and found himself ' cov^red * by 'a rifle held by a" ihasked: manj ' *: Without uttfering a word the man iired and Lee staggered hack with a bullet' thrOugh his' fchin. His' assailant -rdn off in the darkness of ihe' deserted statroni Lee wafe taken to hospital hut his condition is not reported to be serious although there may be difficulty in extracting the bullet. No attempt at'roh-bery was m'ad'e altho'ugh ' silver coins were lying inside *he wiridow. Lee1 is 33 years of' age and is not known to Have any personal enemies.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 591, 24 July 1933, Page 5
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132TICKET CLERK SHOT Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 591, 24 July 1933, Page 5
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