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’ » CBTUALJAN it N.Z. CABLE ApSOOIA'RfPN] A COUNTERFEITER. SYDNEY, Nov. 18. Joseph Schmidt, the cave dweller, w*|io was found in a secluded cave on a hill alongside Sydney Harbour on - e;> (ember Ist last' ,was tried to-day for eountcriioiting notes. He pretended insanity, and dumbness ,and had at'tempted suicide. Tlie doctors expressed flip opinion that the accused was a mallingerer. Tlie jury found that lie was not > insane and returned a. verdict that he was j guilty of the charge against him of j possessing material for making banknotes, which were found in tlie cave. His. female companion there was dressed in male attire. A SENTENCE. ! SYDNEY, Nov. 19. Schmidt was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. WHEAT SHORTAGE. MELBOURNE, Nov. 18. Wheat pool officials estimate that tlie Australian wheat harvest for 1919-20 will not exceed forty four million bushels short of last seasan’s yield. PROTESTANT ALLIANCE. HOBART,’ Nov. 18. The biennial conference of the Federal .Council of the Protestant Alliance . has opened hero, New Zealand being re- 1 presented. A MELBOURNE FIRE MELBOURNE, Nov. IS. . A fire destroyed a picture frame factory situated in Lonsdale St. Her Majesty's Theatre and a block of shops were seriously menaced, but eventually were saved. . The damage is not yet stated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1919, Page 1
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207AUSTRALIAN. Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1919, Page 1
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