AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20782, 30 July 1929, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MASKED MAN ROBS BANK. EVENTUALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph-Copyright.) SYDNEY, July 29. During Saturday night a masked man entered the Commercial Bank of Australia at Griffith, in the irrigation area, bound and gagged the teller, and escaped with £7OO. During Sunday the police questioned a young man, who suddenly produced a revolver and shot himself close to the heart. He was sent to the hospital, where his dying depositions were taken. NEW ZEALAND POTATOES. LIFTING OF EMBARGO DEMANDED. SYDNEY, July 20. (Received July 29, at 5.5 p.m.) The secretary of the Housewives’ Association stated that it was intended to wait on the Prime Minister- and demand the lifting of the embargo on New Zealand potatoes.' The , Minister of markets has also been asked to receive a deputation on the subject/ A TRAGEDY FEARED.

MEN MISSING FROM LAUNCH.

, SYDNEY, July 29. (Received July 29, at 5.5 p.m.) . It is feared that two men lost their lives when a launch in which they were making their way from Kiama to Sydnev struck a rock off Cronulla. Charles Jelfs was thrown overboard and Leslie Wilsher went to his assistance, and both disappeared. ACCIDENTS IN MELBOURNE. ’ FIVE DEATHS DURING WEEK-END. * . MELBOURNE, July 20/ . (Received July 29, at 6.6 p.m.) Five" victims of motor- car accidents have died during the week-end. SNOW IN NEW SOUTH WALES. POSSIBILITY OF FLOODS. SYDNEY, Julv 25.' (Received July 25, at 6.5 p.m.) The State meteorologist predicts further heavy rain on the north coast with a possibility of floods. Sydney was drenched during the week-end and, the weather Was bitterly cold. Snow fell in the mountains and other elevated districts. BIG FIRE IN MELBOURNE. WAREHOUSE PARTIALLY GUTTED. MELBOURNE, July 29. „ (Received July 30, at I a.ni.) There was a big fire in Flinders lane, Melbourne, L night, in the warehouse of Collins and Sou, general merchants, whose five-storey warehouse was partially gutted. The damage to the stock is estimated at £40,000, The origin of the fire is not known.