AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 7 August 1901, Page 3

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[per press association.] Received 6,10.51 pro. Hobabt, August 6. Mr. O. McKeoghan, of Takaka, Nelson, won the second prize of £9OO in Tattersall's sweep on the Broken Hill Cup. Received 6,10.51 p.m. Sydney, August 6. Arrived: B»rqu», Kingsbyrd, 24 days out from Kaipira. She met with a series of flerce south-east gshs, with mountainous sea?, losing some sails, and was otherwise damaged. L»st night two men, armed and marked, en'ered the Bank of New South Wales at Her<ty. They met the accountant in a passage but forced their way into Lamport's (the manager) room, ordering him to put up his hands. Instead he drew his revolver and fired two shots. The men returned the fire, shooting Lamport through the chest. They got cleir away, but it iB believed oie is wounded, Received *, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, Augu=t 6. 1 The bullet has Ven ex'racted, and Lamport i* prpgr ssing favourably. Two brethe'B named Mentan were arrested in bed about a miiefrom One was wounded in the arm, and this 1 - arroused suspicion that be was con--1 cerned in the sticking-up. Sydnby, August G. ' There is much alarm at a report • hat plague has re-appeared. A labourer named Edward Furry died suddenly at Redfern, tH symptoms being suspicious. The bo<ly was removed to the quarantine station.