BUSHRANGING AGAIN
EPISODE IN QUEENSLAND ARMED ROBBER AT LARGE
BRISBANE, 18th December. At Eockhampton an armed robber held at bay two unarmed constables who found him hiding under a bridge. The robber escaped. He compelled a boy to hand over his pony "and then rode into the bush, but returned at night and held up the landlady of a local hotel, who threw a bottle at him and screamed. '■ The robber again escaped and changed into different clothes, since when he has not been seen. The incident is reminiscent of the bushranging days in Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 147, 19 December 1930, Page 11
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