THE GALLANT POLICE IN VICTORIA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1084, 2 August 1880, Page 2

THE GALLANT POLICE IN VICTORIA.

Ti:i When aftme.^^ral^n^acatflay 'ttf the. ; f uture. inyoke.B, , .tpe, muse of history, and takes,. .up,, ihig. n tij relate-t-HHo; ;^:inov^g,;^incide.n.W ",'jO/ the pwseiitri JrtMe^*he^wi|L;-i4^tteM r j4^^ pardonable pride, s^ on j^at^ memorable , episode, ;in $ie, atrnalk whiidvrW^ose^Jth^pthe^^y h^% Glenrowan. ThQiJjecib4 <#$ th^^varfirqus &&i*W#. ' T^gre done," in v.indi&toonjT)|/tew and I^',' will, it may be prediote^ X^bßßoms-of the generous jM.fif 21st century. 'th«ioal' f Macau% Mll'teU !kiw^tho b^, n( ? v Tdf o;herpes surrounded,, tba, ibi/s'S' W wiiMb Mtt&ws'WadOVat^vgugy. 1 ; {HJowVrHneUsmayed by the fadt xnat tfiere ■were^nQt-iniore than 50 of them to oontepd against the two ruffians wbo'* hfild?jjie..^den«fcajft^Uie3 stern «§l^ett§e^3 of justice unflinchingly maintain&4 f their' -p^sitionjyjand^ witij., j^at «.dhiiifabl«'

prudence which "iTsa^ffp aCfllmpanies courage of the higtesl^k fl,<|P avoided jeop^disi^g: .thgir, .pre&QU j J ffiyes, and ij| jittenrpt to Kra|Me, ! .§t diM-Qfi^^ y ri^iMaon un*mruggle<|lßnti^)Bd|f^ro^gJ^ ; a Kng^night and^te greater portion of thje'^lloHnng; day ; how every phase of it" waVwatched with breathless unttetfest,' and howlithe, whein the^QE^or tne bushrangers had -«easJed,~^ and=tfie^^probability-;that-%hey^ 1 themsel^ea had ceased to exist almost amounted to ' a -'certainty, a s devoted -constable rushed; forward, ~covere34iy--a-deiidly volley of rifles, and set ihe Building in flames. >The trifling circumstance that nobody took the trouble to inqui^ > fohlSflier- a^:iiiH3deiit people might Ye , alive, and, it _was. ( ascertamed that ' » poor • old' 'actually" ' lyilig j mortally wounded at the time inside the hous.e Iwi'll 1 not; lof ? course,' J detract jfrom^the admiration '^rhich will be excifed by th'd narrative of; so brilliant and dating an 1 exploits •■? !••..;■■■•* "' : ' '^ ■","••—"• ■' !"•'■';". •■"