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tUSTBAI.I.AN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. r A MESSAGE TO MARS. LOXDOX, Feh. 10. The .scientists are performing a project to attempt to communicate with the planet .Mars by means of intense light reilected from the snow clad slopes ol Jungfrau in Switzerland. A MI'RDEROrS RECORD. YIEXXA, Feb. 11. The poliee have arrested a notorious brigand chief, leharuga Stauisuhdjovies, whose hand has terrorised the Xcusatz District tor two years, during_ which they looted many villages, bod hundreds of travellers, and killed a score. Stanishavdjevics has been living at Xinovge under the alias of Xikola Brezgics. He conducted a profitable business in forwarding, and entertained leading citizens who visited Brecova. I’nder the name oi Holies, he love to a girl, hut he subsequently disappeared. The girl traced him, and consulted the police, who found that the man she loved was identical with lirezgies. Further investigations revealed that Brezgics was the brigand chief. The police surrounded his house during the night, and arrested him in bed. He confessed that he had murdered eighteen persons. {
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1924, Page 2
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174BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1924, Page 2
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