A USTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
[.araUTER's SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.] ANOTHER SUPPOSED KELLY
OUTRAGE. MELBOURNE, August 14.
Tho Commercial Bank nt Lanc^field was stuck up by bushrangers at. half-past 10 this morning, by two men, whose description corresponds with Ned Kelly and Steve Hart. Tho booty they obtained was £6G5. A customer happened to be present. The acconnntanb was gagged. SYDNEY, August 15.
The following are the particulars of the L-incefield bank robbery : — The accountant had btrely opened the door when the affair occurred. The manager was m the garden, when two persons suddenly entered, and thrust revolvers into his ficp. They told him to bail up or he would be shot dead. He returned iuside, and one of the bushrangers seized aud gagged him, and then they proceeded to search foe coin, but only trot the loose cash, and immediately decamped. The police insist that it was Ned Kelly and Steve Hart, but thij the accountant doubts.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1116, 19 August 1879, Page 2
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154A USTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1116, 19 August 1879, Page 2
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