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Press, Volume L, Issue 8676, 28 December 1893, Page 6

Saville and Co. have for sale a shipment j of '• Orion", cycles, cash or easy payments. , No. 1 £12 2 £14 10s. Every j machine guaranteed. Illustrated catalogues of Calliope Cycles free. Saville axd Co., Colombo street. [Advt.] Christmas FRuir.—New season's currants, sultanas, and valentia raisins are I now being sold at Kikcaid's G.LC. The quality is the best for years. Prices 4£d and 5Jd per lb respectively.'—[Advt.] Melbourne, after the crash, has become a desperate place. Daring burglaries are constantly beiug reported and sporting men seem to be receiving much attention. Late on the night of the second insc or daring the early hours of Sunday, three i burglars, masked and armed, catered the residence of "Barney" Allen, the wellknown bookmaker, at St. Kilda. They silenced Allen and a companion witii j threats ami ransacked the house. They compelled Alien to open a safe, and fiually i cleared off with £160 in cash and jewellery to Uia value of £200. The robbers yielded to Allen's solicitations to return to juim hU gold watch, the victim pointing oat that as bis name was engraved upon it, it would be of little" use to them. Just before 1 leaving the premise* the robbers informed Allen chat lie was not alone in hia misfortune, as a visifc w&i then being paid by a second part? to the house of-another bookmaker. The statement true, for at about the same hour (toe r,'reof "Jack" .another wellknown bookmaker residing at Aser.tvale, were entered by three men. armed aad masked, who subjected Levy to treatment similar to that accorded vo Al'.en, with this difference, that instead of carrying off all the jewellery they oooteMted themselves with a diamond bracelet and brooch, valued at £125, and thxew the remainder in a water jug. In addition to carrying off the diamond jewellery, the robbers secured about £125 Iα c&eh» -