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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. - BANK ROBBERY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. VIOLENT TREATMENT OF MANAGER AND WIPE. MINISTERIAL ELECTIONS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THL VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.
(Received March 6, 9 p.m.)
Adelaide, March 6. Three men entered a branch of the Commercial Bank of South Australia at Yankalilla (a small township about 45 miles from here) about one o'clock this morning. The burglars attacked the mnnager, whom they rendered insensible by blows. After gagging the manager's wife, the robhers abstracted notes to the value of £IOO. No gold was on the premises. The police have taken the matter up, and black trackers are out searching for the robbers. (Received March 8, 1.30 am.) Sydney, March 7. The following members of the New South Wales Miuistry have been reelected without opposition :—Mr Copeland, Secretary for Lands, and Mr Fletcher, Secretary for Mines. Mr Suttor, Postmaster-Geueral, and Or. Renwick, Minister for Education, are being opposed in their respective electorates. (Received March 8, 1.30 a.m.) Melbourne, March 5. The Orient Company's steamship Cuzco arrived this morning. The complele returns of the Victorian elections confirmed the division of parties already telegraphed, showing a considerable majority on the Ministerial side. (Received March 8, 12.45 p.m.) March S. It is expected the Victorian Parliament will meet on the 16th March. The members will be then simply sworn in, and Parliament be adjourned cwo months, in order to give the new Ministry time to prepare measures.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2919, 8 March 1886, Page 2
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