DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERIES
CLEVER GANG AT WORK' MASKED ARMED MEN IN MELBOURNE (Rec. May 31, 10.15 p.m.)' Sydney* May 31. ■ A series of dnrinsr daylight robberies is rccupying tlio attention 'of the police, iho robberies indicate the presence of a, clever gang. At midday a man grabbed i , . bundle of notes, valued at £M, from the counter of the E.S.'A. Bank, and escaped with the aid of his confederates, two of whom arc. believed to have been arrested.—Press. Assn.. '. AN ARMED HOLD-UP CROWD KEI'T AT BAY WITH REVOLVERS. (Rec. May 31,' 10.15 p.m.) Melbourne, May 31. Two masked and armed robbers held up two clerks who were nbout to enter the. Government Printing Office with over .£4OOO of employees' wages. They grabbed the bags and attempted to" escape on a motor-cycle; font could not start ft. They fired a shot into the petrol tank to prevent pursuit, aud . then kept the crowd at bay with their revolvers, and succeeded in escaping, although they Cropped one bag containing .£3OOO, which! was recovered.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 7
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172DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERIES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 7
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