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DARING BANK ROBBERY
SYDNEY, Feb. 12th
A daring daylight bank robbery has occurred. A customer entered the English and Scottish Bank’s branch in Pitt Street, and deposited over £3OO on the counter. A man standing alongside dashed a bag of flour in the faces of the customer aud the teller, and thou grabber! £IOO in notes and escaped.
, DESERT GOLD
MELBOURNE, Feb 12
Desert Gold has been scratched for the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup. She will run in the EsSendon Stakes. A feature of the Flemington gallops was Desert Gold’s six furlongs on the grass in 1.17 j, part of the journey being against a strong wind. The first half mile took 51 Fsecs ; five furlongs 1.41.
AFTER WAR TRADE. •'Received This' !•«.- 9.50 a.m.'} MELBOURNE This Day. In outlining the after war trade organisation at the Chamber) of Manufacturers, Mr Hughes said a general Council of Commerce and Industry would he formed and a Minister of Com merce and >lndustry appointed. The Science Industry bureau would bo replaced on a permanent, basis. Trade representations would be placed in theprincipal overseas markets.
QUEENSLAND POLITICS. BRISBANE February 13. Parliament dissolves on Thursday next. The election will bo held on March 16.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1918, Page 3
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