Bankstown bus proprieter Max Treuer with his Alsatian dog. A savage Alsatian dog is loose at in a Bankstown bus depot to guard more than ?50,000 worth of vehicles and equipment. This precaution follows threats to proprietor Max Treuer to "blow up" his fleet of 15 single and double-decker buses. Phone Theats -- Mr. Treuer claims he is one of those "marked" by a gang operating in Bankstown municipality. The 18st, 55-year-old former Bankstown alderman said today he had received six telephone threats in the past three years. April 15, 1955.