London, Nov. 22, One of the most daring "smash and grab raids" ever known was carried out by car bandits in New Bond Street at 10 o'clock to-day.
'A big touring.car stopped out-ide a jeweller's shop and a man carrying an empty beer crate and a hammer jumped out. He stood on the erate, smashed.a window: above the protecting grille -and snatched three necklaces worth. £9,000 from a shelf inside. The: bandits' car zigagged. at lightning. speed through the crowded streets, mounted the pavement to avoid: trafic blocks, and sped through Brook Street into Mayfair. "Policemen commandeered a private car' Jand dashed in pursuit. 'The bandits' ear was found abandoned in Mayfair but the men got clean away. British Wireless through Reuter,
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