The Archive · 1900

Robbery Under Arm

A fairly startling case of " Robbery under Atins," recalling the old bushranging days of Ned Kelly and his gang, is reported from Rutherglen, a small mining township in the northern port of Victoria, A mine manager with one companion was driving from the local bank with the fortnight's wages, when he was stuck up by a masked gony, who shot his pony, gayyed the unfortunate manager, and departed with over £2,000 in hard cash. "we suspects been arreste!, but the evidence ay them seems inconclusive, China apparently not the only country where piracy still

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