AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2671, 18 January 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

DARING HOLD-UP , \ SYDNEY BOOKMAKER ROBBED OF £570." ■ 8j TeleeraDh—Press Asaociatten— Oowrtijeht (Rec. January 17, 8.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 17. Three masked burglars entered the residence of Walter Kelly, a bookmaker, at Mosman, and assembling the family ;in their night clothes at the revolver's point'in a bedroom, one of them stood gitard, threatening to •shoot at, the slightest movement. The others ransacked the house, securing £300, the takings at Saturday's races, and £270 which had been hoarded in gold. They then made their escape. There is no clue to their identity. THE STRIKE TROUBLES SOUTH, COAST MINERS RESUME. Sydney, January 17. Th'o South Coast miners' resumo work to-day, pending the Court's decision.' The Labour Department's annual review for 1915 shows 308 dislocations of trade. - Australians in trouble , .' , v IN LONDON ARRESTED, FOR DRUNKENNESS. . London, January >16, . Some Australian soldiers charged with Hrunkenriess and- assaulting the police lit. Westminster pleaded that they had been drugged, and said that something should be done to protect colonial soldiers.. - • The Australian provost marshal gave evidence that m a good many cases soldiers became sensefess after one or two drinks. There had been numerous robberies. _ The inspector of police said he did not believe that the soldiers were drugged. Their insensibility was due to drinking raw. spirits, of which they purchased a bottle at a time; • HOSTILE RECEPTION FOR A CIRCUS. . NEARLY WRECKED BY A' >/08. Melbourne, January 17. At St. Kilda a mob tried to wreck Wenigetfs circus. Bottles, stones, and pickets were used. Mounted police charged and dispersed ' the " rioteis. Twenty-four arrests ware made. ITEMS IN BRIEF. THE PRICE OF SUGAR. Melbourne, January 17. The Government has instructed tlie Colonial Sugar Company to increase the price ,of refined sugar by £3 los. [.or toa SULTRY WEATHER. (Reo. January 17, 10.20 p.m.) - Sydney, January 17. Sultry weather is general. Melbourne recorded a shade temperature of 104 degrees. x