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[dy telkgitAPn —run press association. J MELBOURNE HOLD-l/PS. MELBOURNE. July !). Doside:. those cabled three other daring hold-up-, occurred on Friday night. The police have ascertained that the ieve.lv. o-s used were loaded with carrots and not bullets. Amongst tie. I.dungings ol a suspect they discovered a carrot showing the marks "here the muzzle- ol iln- revolvers had been forced into the vegetable.
The police have assisted five hoys, who are alleged to have co'itesscd. explaining the nature of their robberies. They terrified a girl to surrender a pound with which they bought revolvers. Thev terrorised and robbed numbers of children and raided the State Selin. •’ and State .scholars’ overcoats, finishing by breaking into a letter box and stealing cheques worth £1 In sterling.
Q l’-f-: If NS LAND SUGAR SUPPLIES. A NTT-T.-ABOUR MINISTRY WANTED. MELBOURNE, July ft. Tbe season's sugar crop of Queensland will amount to 650.000 tons unrefined. About fifty thousand tons will ho available for export. In the State Assembly the anti-I.a-hour mendiers combined solidly in voting against and thereby defeating the Labour amendment to one of the first motions after the formal opening. This lias raised the hopes of those desiring an anti-Labour Ministry, though the Farmers' Union decision is the stumbling block.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1924, Page 2
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