CRICKETING PEER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 527, 3 December 1928, Page 9

CRICKETING PEER

HON. LIONEL TENNYSON NOW A BARON FATHER’S DEATH FROM CHILL British Official Wireless Reed. 12.30 p.m. LONDON, Sunday. The death has occurred of Lord Tennyson following a severe chill. According to a British Official Wireless message Lord Tennyson is succeeded by the Honourable Lionel Te%> nyson, the England and Hampshire cricketer. Lord Tennyson was Governor of South Australia from 1899 to 1902. He was the firct acting-Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, which position he occupied in 1902.

INJURED TOTAL 26 MELBOURNE OUTRAGES (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z Press Association) MELBOURNE, SLinday. Four bombs exploded in the Greek Club in Swanston Street, at 10 p.m. yesterday. Fifty-five foreigners were in the building at the time, and 15 of these were injured. Portion of the top storey was blown away, one room caught lire, and practically the entire building was wrecked. When the first bomb burst 21 persons were in the club room. The second bomb brought the plaster down upon them. Another shook the building, smashed furniture, and set some woodwork on fire. Flames shot high through a great hole which was torn in the roof. Policemen and firemen arrived to find a scene of the greatest confusion. Excited Greeks were running around in a terrified state. The injured people were taken to hospital. Their hurts are not serious. It is believed that the outrage was an act of revenge against someone suspected of having given information about criminals. Another bomb outrage -was perpetrated later at night. Eleven persons were injured. Two bombs were thrown through a fanlight of an Italian’s flat in Lonsdale Street. The explosion occurred in an empty room, but the men injured were playing cards in an apartment below. Three were sent to hospital, one of whom is likely to lose a leg. An ambulance man says he saw three men leave the building after the outrage. SEEN LEAVING BUILDING Before the Greek Club explosion two men were seen carrying a suitcase. They entered the building and ascended the floor above the club. A few minutes later they left hurriedly. The explosion followed. Windows were blown out and crashed into the street. A third man in the street joined the two mentioned. The trio ran into Swanston Street and disappeared from view in the crowd. Altogether, 15 were injured. Descriptions given'to the police led to the arrest of five men, who are believed to have been connected with this or the previous outrage. A rumour that a certain shipping magnate’s home was to be bombed led to a police search of a suspect’s house and his subsequent arrest. He was detained temporarily on Friday with three others who are suspected in connection with another bombing outrage at the house of Mr. William Swanton on November 20.