DEATH IN STREET

Evening Star, Issue 22449, 21 September 1936, Page 8

DEATH IN STREET

NO LIGHT ON SYDNEY MYSTERY [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 21. No light can be thrown on the death of Avon Alexander West, who died at Sydney on Saturday, by his mother, Sirs F. E. West, of Christchurch. The son was a painter, and formerly worked for General Motors at Petone. He had been ill on the boat on the way to Australia, she said to-day. [An injury received in New Zealand about a month ago is believed to hare caused the death yesterday of Avon Alexander West (24), who arrived in Australia three weeks ago (stated a cablegram from Sydney on Saturday). West’s body was found in the street in a of Waterloo. A few minutes earlier he was seen walking along the street dressed in pyjamas and overcoat, and evidently in pain. The Government medical officer found that he died from a fractured skull, although there was no external fracture. West, who is thought to have been a boxer in New Zealand, had complained of feeling ill both on the trip over and since his arrival, although he had been working every day. Inquiries will be made in New Zealand, and arrangements have been made to send the body home.]