THREAT OF ASSASSINATION
PREMIER OF AUSTRALIA. ESCAPE OF ASSAILANT. SHOT FIRED BY POLICEMAN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 2 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 29. The Age publishes a sensational account of a supposed attempt to assassinate the Prim" Minister, Mr. Hughes, who recently received over one hundred threatening letters. It appears, according to the Age story, that a constable saw a man attempting to enter Mr. Hughes's bedroom at midnight. The constable fired, but missed his man, who escaped in the darkness.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 30 October 1916, Page 6
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82THREAT OF ASSASSINATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 30 October 1916, Page 6
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