FIVE HUNDRED, OR YOUR LIFE!
'A -BUDDING STATESMAN. Br Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrieM (Rec. November 16, 6.5 p.m.) Melbourne! November 15. Mr. J. -Hill, chairman of the Geelong Harbour Trust, received the following extraordinary letter from ; West Australia: "I need £500. Unless this is lodged at the General Post Office, Melbourne, before next Tuesday, I am going to shoot you. I want money for 'clothing and medical assistance, and to help me generally. If ; given a clianro I shall distinguish myself as one of the greatest statesmen of modern times." Mr. Hill informed the police, who arrested the writer, a man named Young,, on his arrival from - West Australia. His steamer effects contained a revolver and fifty cartridges:
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1908, 17 November 1913, Page 7
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116FIVE HUNDRED, OR YOUR LIFE! Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1908, 17 November 1913, Page 7
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