AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1924, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BANK TELLER ON TRIAL. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Melbourne, Sept. 16. The trial is proceeding of Chittock, a bank teller, on a charge of stealing £535. the property of the Commercial Bank of Australia. Chittock, who is still suffering from wounds, attended the court on crutches. The evidence was similar to that cabled at the time of the robbery. a / pc-lice suggested that Chittock inflicted one of the wounds upon himself and then inadvertently shot himself in the foot. Chittock adhered to his original story of the robbery and that he was wounded by a robber. CHEAPER CABLES. Berth, Sept. 17. Mr. Gibson, Poetmaster-General, who is a passenger by the Osterley, states that at the beginning of December, 20 per cent, reduction in the cost of cables had been arranged for. 81111 further reductions could be confidently expected with the intended duplication of the Pacific cable at an early date. What was still more important this would mean the entire elimination of the annoyances and delay now inevitable during the congested hours, BANK CLERK GUILTY OF THEFT. Melbourne, Sept. 17. Chittock, the bank teller, was found guilty on the stealing charge. A strong recommendation to mercy was made. He was remanded for sentence.