LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2715, 4 June 1885, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. .> DARING GOLD ROBBERY AT SIMPSON’S ROAD NATIONAL BANK, NEAR MELBOURNE. (Received May 3, 10 p.ra.) Melbourne, Jane 3. A most daring robbery was committed this morning at about 10 o’clock at the Simpson’s Road branch of the National Bank of Australasia, which had been closed yesterday afternoon with no money on the premises. On the arrival of Humphries, Manager of the Branch, accompanied by Bradshaw, his clerk, from the chief establishment, bearing £IOOO, both were attacked by three masked men, two of whom presented revolvers, whilst the third brandished a crowbar. Humphries and Bradshaw were subsequently released by the passers-by. Information of the robbery was immediately given to the police. The numbers of the notes stolen are not known. Later. The total amount taken by the robbers from the Simpson’s Road bank is officially stated at £1155, of which £936 was in notes, £IOO in gold, and the balance in silver. No clue is yet discovered to identify the robbers. The numbers of the notes cannot be ascertained. (Received June 4, 1 p.m.) June 4. Further particulars published to-day regarding the Simpson’s Road bank robbery show the affair to have been skilfully prepared and carried into execution. The robbers effected an entrance into the building through a window, and awaited the arrival of the manager and assistant inside the bank. The attack was so sudden that resistance was impossible on the part of the victims, who were gagged, and bound hand and fool under the table, when eventually discovered. The total proceeds of the robbery amount to £1165.