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THIEF'S MEAN ACTION.
Kindly Motorist Attacked.
SYDNEY, Aug. 10.— A thief took advan
tage of a motorist's generosity on Friday
night to assault and rob him of £27. Mr.
Si-^noir TTnnp. rpnfc collector, of Middle
Head-road, Mosman, was driving nis motor
car through Grafton-street, Woollahra,
whe a man stopped him and asked for a lift
to the city. Mr. Hope told him to get in,
and the two men talked as they proceeded
towards Sydney.
Near the Sports Ground, the man told
Mr. Hope that he was a mechanic, and
that there was a defect in the engine which
needed a trifling adjustment. The car was
stopped, and the pretended mechanic oc
cupied himself for a few minutes tinkering
with the engine. Then he went behind
Mr. Hope's 6eat and struck him a savage
blow on the head. The driver fell back
stunned, and remained there more than
an. hour until he recovered consciousness.
Passing motorists who saw him thought
that he was asleep. All Mr. Hope's money
was taken. ? ' ?
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