AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COrYBIGHT). (Received August 10, 10.10 a.m.). N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. Sydney, August 10. Parliament meets on Tuesday. A MAIL COACH STUCK UP. Sydney, August 10. A mail coach was stuck up by two armed men near Burideudore. They secured eight mail bags, one containing a, uumDer of registered letters. Later. The two men who stuck up the mail coach were masked. One kept the passengers covered with a gun, while the other compelled the driver to hand over the mails. The coach was near Bugendore at the time. The mails contained about £'2ooo, mostly cheques. HARRV TROTT. Melbourne, August 10. Later medical reports states that Trott, who was taken suddenly ill, is not suffering from epileptic fits, but from nervous prostration. DROWNED AT SEA. Hobart, August 10. During the voyage of the Rimutaka a seaman named Hameu fell from aloft and was drowned.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 326, 11 August 1898, Page 2
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