BURGLAR'S HURRIED EXIT.
WHEN EACED WITH A REVOLVER Mr Newton, teller of the Te Awamutu branch of the Union Bank of Australia, who sleeps in the tanporary premises occupied by the bank, was awakened in the early hours of Saturday morning by the footsteps ol a burglar, Mr Ncwtoh drew the bank revolver from under his pillow, and challenged the intruder, but the man, whose form was not easily distinguishable in the darkness, made a divo for one of the back rooms, and •scaped through a small window, which had evidently been his\ means of entrance. Mr Newton's bed was in the banking chamber, which was naturally the burglar's objective. The police were duly infortnedy but-' so far no arrest has been made.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 93, 23 August 1913, Page 6
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123BURGLAR'S HURRIED EXIT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 93, 23 August 1913, Page 6
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