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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. (.ABLE ASSOCIATION, OBITUARY. -ABNEY, March (5. Obituary.—William Holmes, a native of Devonport, and well known in Sydney aquatic circles. BLOOD STOCK SALES. MELBOURNE, March (5 At the yearling sales, a colt bv Lueknow, Auraria's daughter, was purchased by Foulshaw for 2009 guineas; A Woorak-Vinala colt bv L.K.S. Afackinnon for 1950; a WoorakHeols over head filly by A. T. Creswick for 1000; a AA’oorak-Hnrripfc Graeme colt by Mrs S. O. Wood for 1250; a Wclkin-Seville filly, by IT. Chisholm for 1109. Yearlings brought 31,025 guineas. CHINESE STOWAWAYS. SYDNEY, March 5. Shortly after the Dutch steamer Hotitman, from Singapore to Sydney, left Brisbane, eighteen Chinese stowaways wore found secreted in a coal bunker near one of the furnaces. The men were terribly emaciated. They said they had stowed away at Batavia. A further search revealed the bodies of two more Chinamen, who were unable to survive their privations. MURDERED BY BLACKS. BRISBANE. March 5.

Advices from Darwin state that according to tut Elelio Island message natives murdered two Japanese and three Darwin aboriginals, the crews of two local luggers, in the vicinity of Cape Grey. Two other Japanese escaped. The local police are calling for volunteers to proceed m the scene.