AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Received 9.45 a.m.) .' FEDERAL MINISTRY. , MELBOURNE, this day. Mr. W. Massey -Greene; has-been appointed Minister for. Works:aid; lUUways. Mr.: W. A. : Watt 5 who formerly held /these, portfolios, .succeeds :'j£rd Forrest-as Federal-Treasurer, and MrG. H. Wise and Mr., A. Poynton -»» appointed Assistant .Ministers.—(A.: and NX Cable.) ... - ' DARING GAOL-BREAKER*. &D3LBOTJRNE,March:2t A' sensational attempt at gaol-break-ing took place at Pentridge.Prison. Two notorious criminals, one Gilmour; a-Ne!J Zealander, serving a long term, S * W J? their way out of the hospital >»w. bound and gagged ■ a warder, . aj* ■ attempted to scale the" walls..'-- The warder rolled down a stone staircase, and succeeded in raising the" alarm 0/ manipulating the telephone with ha head. After two shots had been fired the escapees both capitulated. —(A. W"» N.Z: Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 72, 25 March 1918, Page 6
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