STARTLING EXPERIENCE
IN AN AUCKLAND HOTEL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. Mr C. 8.-Oarr, a visitor from Sydney, had a startling experience in the Central 1 Hotel on Saturday might. The bedrooms were full, and lie was sleeping in the ladies' Avaiting-room. He was awakenetl .at midnight, and saw a stranger in the room. He turned on the electric light, and grappled with the intruder and called for help. In dodging to avoid a blow, Carr lost -ihis grip of the mail', who bolted through a window. Two porters arrived just as the man was disappearing 'down the fire escape. The premises of the -Mount Albert Boi;ough were, burglarised on Friday .night. The office was much disturbed, but nothing valuable was removed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10649, 4 June 1912, Page 5
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