THE GUYRA MYSTERY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17125, 21 April 1921, Page 10

THE GUYRA MYSTERY.

In connexion with tho cable.message*/ ' relating to mysterious happenings at aj , /house, in Guyra, New South Wales,' Mr*,' A. Fpldwick writes to tho Wellington t "Post": Guyra, in New Enjdand, New; g South Wales, .is..a smos place, jufeuato '< about 323 miles to the north of Sydney, ' ~' oii the Sydney to iirisbano railway line* ft It has had excitement in many way*. ' At ;ohe time it had a lako called Nih- -, copla, the, top of high, hfiMjf-fi lahd,..andvhero.». "■ tefibus creation<bf tho AustraliattblacM ; —fyas'credited to live. ■ Thiß lake,-, on • n which" a small steamer, -titledl it • * ] noAV dry, and stock browso'-tfver the " area. ' Guyra had a, mystoriWui. aroir*s v "< throwing episode sbmewAere "btfwten ;1890-5?5. then, it had; Us Benß|tfionid batik-shooting tragedy.. The inmates of tha bank premises comprised, tho')|tian»:' ager, his wife, and wife's sister. Someone thought burglars were on tho .Jim- • mises, and the manager.went to inverti- - gate, arid 'his sister-in-law- atatied' to j look round' from Another dp;eciion, wji. * the manager, seeing someone approach*..a ing. challenged, and, netting rid-re-sponse, fired, killing hit. sisterflflflftw. This same bank manager, at the timo of the Coolgardie gold rush, equipped two brothers with cash, etc., for PW Eecting purposes, a signed condition #ng that if anything waa Btruck he was to get a half share. The sequel cahic in a_ payable gold being found, ; and a Bbh wrote ib' the father about their find, and; in tho letter, urged his .'father not to show the contents to . the bank manager; but the old man, being no scholar, took the letter to the manager to read for. him, and when the letter came to the vital part abou» thos gold strike, he skipped it, and, keeping possession of the original,letter, gave the old man a""duplicate." Ho used tho original letter later.in » j law action, and von his case. '.. |