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Reverend the Hon. F. J. Nile asked what would happen if an armed holdup were to take place, as happened at Chatswood recently. In an instance such as that involving an unarmed volunteer, what would have happened? A bloke with a gun would come out of the bank and the volunteer would
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Over recent years the New South Wales Police
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