AUSTRALIAN CARLES.
FRUSTRATED PLOT. WBULD-BE ROBBERS THWARTED. United Press Assn.—Flee. Tel. Copyright. SYDNEY, Sept. 10. A skilfully arranged plot to hold up a motor-car containing officials who were to pay the -wages of relief workers in the Randwiclc district was foiled by the police, who provided strong escorts. The would-be robbers evidently were alarmed and the payments were duly made without event. A sum of £2OOO was involved. A decoy car was to have been used, but presumably the plotters had been warned that the police were on the alert.
SOLDIERS FOR DARWIN. United Press Assn. — Elec. Tel. Copyright SYDNEY, Sept. 10. The first detachment of soldiers for the Darwin garrison in North Australia sailed yesterday by the steamer Marella. , ■ A WRESTLING MATCH. SYDNEY, Sept. 10. In a wrestling match at the Leichhardt Stadium J last night Lurich defeated Walter Browning by two falls to nil in hollow fashion.
FIREMEN'S RISKY TASK. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. SYDNEY, Sept. 10. A motor-lorry crashed through two bowsers at Homebush. The petrol was ignited and the flames immediately encircled the pumps, threatening an explosion of the storage tanks. Firemen had a risky task in extinguishing the fire w/th chemical apparatus.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19047, 11 September 1933, Page 2
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