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SUICIBE OF -A 1 tEbGEBEEEPER. DISTRESS. IN SYDNEY, •; b 'i > MKiBOtTENB, June 7^i Mr O. H. Bowman ledgerkeeper, in the vParramaitabfanch of the Colonial Bank, blew his brains out with a revolver in the BapK.Ks&Week'i During aJioliday he had met with an accident, which affected his head and made Jbim; liable to fits of mel- < 'ancboLy.- His accounts were all correct, and he was highly ,thpußht of by the bank officials. . '..;. ; .-. :■ A shocking Jataliity has occurred at Nortnampton/ (Western An'stralia). A young man named Richard Williams was engaged in roping a 1 ferocious boar in a sty, when the ranimal charged him and gored him. to jdeathv ripping: up his thigh, and inflicting fearful injuries. James and Charles M;Mahpn,.theatrical' manager^,' have fileS their schedule in bankruptcy. TSetr liabilities are estimated at £8468 and their, assets at £898, the deficiency hieing £3510; Much distress prevails among the Sydney, .unemplpye;^ vind it .is, .statedly a : member of die Jjajjlies' Help., Society that there arefamilies in ft state of starvation, having, sold all their houses contained to provide ( fosd, wßfle bthi§rs : have- * been " turned out bemuse they could pay no rent. ("The jG^v^ajaaent] continue to give relief In^ne* ftUa^e, ot . ,prpv^io4B to nreet nee'dy^cUses, ana" prbyide" shelter foremen at the Exhxbition'Btfilding. At a meeting held by the menTrctrtnipitteo was selected i byifie Qdentt>%ed to. -canvas the city for money and fooda—iPost's correspondent.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 150, 16 June 1892, Page 3
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231Australian News Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 150, 16 June 1892, Page 3
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