AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13813, 28 July 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright,: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. , Adelaide, July 27. The Government has arranged with Lloyd's Bank, London, for the purchase outright of the two million loan required towards the redemption of : the £3,095,000 .4 per cent, loan maturing in January next. The net realisation "Will cost about £3 16s 6d, or a saving, of about 13s 6d per cent. ■ _ LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.' * ? Sydney, July 27, The secretary of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association its officially advised that America has agreed to send a team to Australia to play England in the preliminary tie for the Davis cup. THIEF IN A STRONGROOM. Perth, July 27. An attempt to rob the strongroom of Drew, Robinson and Company, Albany, was discovered in a peculiar manner. The firm's branch at. Wagin was destroyed by fire, and one of the partners in the firm went to the Albany office to find out particulars of the - insurances. On ; opening the door of the strongroom a man fell into his arms in an unconscious condition. He proved to be one of the firm's employees. In" his attempt to escape he had succeeded in removing the fireproof lining of the door, but the strong outside door still barred his way to freedom. After recovering, with the aid of restoratives, he stated" that, he bought a screw-wrench the night before, placing it in the strongroom, when he was locked in. The man, who was arrested, would, but for the timely arrival of bis employer, have died jjf »uffoCi,tißn,