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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 49, 1 June 1916, Page 2

READ LIKE CINEMA FAKES.

[UnITID PhRSB ASSOCIATION. 1 Melbourne, May 31. A sensational attempt at robbery occurred tins alterfioon. Two postal oflleials. Hughes'and McCartney, were conveying £21)00 to pay the workmen at the new post office in Spencer Street. Three men, armed with revolvers, rushed up in a motor-cur, threw pepper m the officials’ laces, and struck McCartnev a severe blow on the head. Ihe miscreants attempted to grab the bag of money, but some workmen came on the scene and prevented this, ihe desperadoes then clambered into the motor and escaped. McCartney is in hospital, but bis injuries are not serious, i nother sensation is rcpoited Item *Abbottsford. Gorman, the postmaster, ‘drew two hundred pounds from the bank to pay soldiers. Returning to the post office he deposited the money, which was in a bag, on the counter to attend to the telephone. A man entered, secured the bag, and bolted. He has not been caught.