GALLANT POLICE OFFICER.
ARREST MADE WHEN WOUNDED. London, Feb. 1. There were exciting occurences at Beccles, Suffolk, when two men entered Lloyd’s Bank at mid-day, presented revolvers at the officials, and decamped with over £lOO. The police were informed, and an inspector motor-cycled in pursuit of the thieves. Five miles away he encountered the two men, who fired when they were accosted. A bullet entered the police official’s leg, and another grazed him, but he never lost* sight. of the men, and after he had secured a rifle from a farmer, held them up and arrested them.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19210307.2.66
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1921, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
97GALLANT POLICE OFFICER. Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1921, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in