CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 October 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

lELECIUIC TKLEGKM'a—COFYIUUHT. j JI'KK I'UESS ASSOCIATION.! BURGLARY AND MURDER. Melbourne, October i. There was a sensational encounter between the police and three burglars at the Trades Hall resulting in Constable McGratli being shot dead ami two intruders, John JacKson and Kit-h----ard Buckley were wounded. The constable -was on duty at the Trades Hall and had his suspicions aroused by a blight tonnd of sawing. He sent for the assistance of a posse of police, who jsiirroiiuded the building, and on enter"ing it they were met by a volley of revolver shots, to which they replied. When tlie lights were turned on two men were seen running along the corridor. McGrath hurried along a passage where he was subsequently found in a dying condition. The two burglars then rushed for the door amid a rapid exchange of shots between them and the police. Jackson, who was wounded in the thigh and had a broken ankle, -was secured in the building. Buckley was seriously wounded in the neck and collapsed after reaching the yard. In the meantime the third burglar (Ward) was caught while attempting to escape through a "window. McGrath received two shots in the . breast'as he was entering the corridor. Sub-Inspector AFt-Renna had a narrow escape as a burglar- fired a shot which grazed him and entered the thigh of the second burglar Jackson, who was in the line of fire. Buckley and Jackson were taken to the hospital and subsequently charged (with Ward) with the murder of McGrath. Received This Day 11.25. a.m. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, October. 1. A compulsory conference between employers and employees in the coal trade arrived at a decision and the parties are conferring further. In connection with the trades Hall affray, the three men arrested are builders' labourers and.two are members of the union, having rooms at the Trades Hall. Sydney. October, 1. Women are iustigating an anti-liquor crusade and there is a largo number of letters appealing in the press, demanding early dossing. Brisbane, October ,1. Six per cent of Papua's population hare enlisted and war funds total two thousand.