The Archive · 1939

Sewing Machine Stolen

An unusual piece of booty was chosen by armed robbers, who entered a Chinese house situated at No. 52 Tsou Ah Pang, Ferry Road last night. In this instance it was a sewing machine which two members of an armed gang of five laboriously carried out after finding that the in-matės had little to offer in the way of between aircraft took

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The three men also decamped with a quantity of clothes and an alarm was sent to Pootoo Police Station. "When a police party arrived, however; the men had flown with the sewing machine.

A total of $2,500 was stolen by four robbers, all atmod, earlier in the evening at 8/270 Bubbling Well Road. The men, after intimidating the inmates, removed jewellery and cash to the above value and made their escape.

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