AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 July 1924, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

IMPORTS EXCEED EXPORTS. n CABL*- PBIBS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received July 12, 11.20 a.m. MELBOURNE; July 12. Imports into the Commonwealth for the May-July period exceeded the exports by <£17,021,674, compared with £10,043,757 for the previous year.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SHIPPING. • Received July 12, 10.50 a.m. NEWCASTLE, July 12. Arrived.—Carspey, from New Zealand. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. * MORE ROBBERIES. Received Julv 12, 11.20 a!m. SYDNEY, July 12. Thomas Gardiner, aged 81, employed as messenger by J. W. Alexander and Co., stevedores, was returning from the hank at midday with wages amounting to £lO5, when he was attacked by three, young men and knocked down in a fairly busy street in Glebe, and was robbed. His assailants were chased, hut escaped.

MELBOURNE, July 12. Three more hold-ups occurred last night. They were by three men who the police state are identical with the, desperadoes operating on the previous Friday. A young man was stopped in a. reserve and ordered to surrender his money, and he handed over £7. He had considerably more, but was not searched. At East Melbourne, John Smith was rushed by three men. Smith endeavoured to protect himself, Hut was hit on the head with a blunt instrument and robbed. Victor Pentland, a lad, was returning from the bank on a bicycle, when a man rushed out and sandbagged him. The lad called for help, and his assailant decamped.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.