ROBBERY OF MAILS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1747, 30 August 1905, Page 19

ROBBERY OF MAILS.

THEFT ON A NEW SOUTH WALES TRAIN. SYDNEY, August 22. A sensational robbery took place on the western mail train On arrival of the train at Redfem this morning it was discovered that nine ordinary mail bags from stations on tlie Cowra-Blayney branch line had been cut open, and the registered contents extracted, the registered bags being afterwards replaced by ordinaries. Evidently the thief in his hurry overlooked a few registered letters. ' When and how the offence was committed is a complete mystery. So far as is known the bags were'intact when transferred at Blayney to the western mail. No mail van was attached to the train, and there was no postal official in charge. Beyond seeing the bags placed on board in the usual way, the railway officials took no further notice of them, and they were not aware of the robbery until the train reached Sydney. It is believed the amount missing does not exceed £2O. SYDNEY, August 23. Some deeds, portion of yesterday’s mail robbery, were found on the railway near Bathurst, indicating that the robbery was committed after the departure of the train from Blayney for Sydney. SYDNEY, August 24. A party of police searching the railway between Blayney and Bathurst ' found a number of registered envelopes and unopened private letters, with, others which had been torn up. These have been identified as part of the proceeds of the mail robbery which took place on the Cowra-Blayney branch line, or on the way to Redfern on the 22nd inst. One of the envelopes found contained a postal order for £5.