AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1121, 30 August 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

I REUTER^ SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.] rumored Capture oe one op the kelly gang. SYDNEY, August 28. A circumstantial telegram from Sandhurst to the ' Melbourne Argus' states that a man, representing himself to be Byrne, bailed up the residence of a farmer, living at Strathmore, and compelled the inmates to prepare a meal for him. He then attempted to outrage the daughter m the presence of her mother, but seeing some men approaching, he desisted, and bailed them up, after which he departed. A man named Morrow, a farmer, apprised a police constable, who pursued the ruffian, a man named Taylor supplying a fresh horse and also joining m pursuit. After crossing the Murray they were joined by five New South Wales troopers, who overtook the man and he was then lodged m the Shipton gaol on the 12th August. It is believed that the police suppressed the information. MELBOURNE, August 28. It is rumored that Bryne, one of the Kelly gang, has been captured at Riverina a fortnight ago, but the fact has been kept quiet by the police. Later. Mr Berry, m the Assembly, proposed that the stamps should be £70,000, and to z'escind 10 per centum on hardware and forego the duty on drugs, or revise the soft goods to the extent of £25,000.