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Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1924, Page 3

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ITSTKALIAN AMI N.Z. CAULK ASSOCI.I' 1 lOV. I'.ls.nop WIIYTE AT' SYDNEY. SYDNEY. February IS. IV, lor V*. hue. Roman <’ al'nolie Bisho i of Imu-dm. has nri'.'.'ed l">n a visit to Dr.tall, He sails for N< ' Zealand 11, ;• lew days, but too l“te f'U* th-* R*'*L ■,*. noil .**•!* brat ions. ,i\; iv ( I I’D I i n \-r.u The GouUoe aT* • m rmhi i- < K* : ni!,re Mental ho-,! • t;d. whence !n I e.-* ~f I*l two years ago. Later he a . caught and plneed in Glatlesville a■ \ - lum. I rum which In* escaped a month ago. THE ORANGE -MURDER. SYDNEY. February IS. Newton has been committed for trial i( i murder. A MOTOR SMASH. SIDNEY. Eelu'iiaiy IS. Xine persons Weie inimed at lloatileote as the result of :i motor smash. TRAGEDY FEARED. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) lIOEART. February 18. Search is being made ler Mrs Maud Downs, who disappeared from her home at Scottsdale on ill** 10th. On '-he same day she was seen to enter a house :in J shortly afterwards the neighhoti: s heard screams and then quietness. Her husband. George Downs, later said they had quarrelled and she lutd lelt home. D is alleged that early next day lie hired a cart, remarking that he was going to look lor his wile. Latin a hlood stained rug, was found in the bottom of the vehicle, and Downs was arrested ami charged v.ilh murdei.

TWO OLD BEQBLK KII.(LED. AIKLBOr RNE. February 18. The women Joyce, and At right woo v,vve killed in the char-a-bnnc capsize ~- Afouut Bmuleiiong. were aged respectively seventy amt eighty, tt hen H.c eliar-a-baiie was passing a slight curve, it left the mail and plunged down a sleep incline until il struck a tree. Some passengers anticipating the aeei(h nt had jumped clear, hut tlie'olhers were thrown a considerable distance wher the vehicle struck the tree. DAVIS ( IT. MELBOURNE, February 17. Air flicks. Secretary of the Australian Tennis Association, stated it was the unanimous opinion ot tlie Duvi.s Cup selectors that tin' best interest of Australian tennis would he served by withdrawing from this year’s challenge for the Davis Gup.

TRAIN ACCIDENT. BRISBANE. February Id. While an excursion train from Alt. Bern to Butulaberg wu. loundiug a curve near Gillen's Siding, two eiurijigos left the rails and overturned. Josephine Afallot t and -Millie Searie wore sent to the hospital in a critical condition and six others injured were, -rut to tlie hospital. W ESTR AIJ AN ELECTIONS. BERTH. February IS. Writs have been issued for the genera! election. Polling day will be oil I ■22e.tl. March. AUSTRALIAN COTTON CROP. BRISBANE. 1-Vb. IP. ft is estimated that tlie cotton crop will amount to ten million pounds, being valued at nearly a million sterling. MARINE COURT'S FINDING PERTH. Feb. IS. The Alarine Court inquiry regarding the fire on the Abddavia in Fremantle harbour on the 26th. December, found that it was caused by the careless use of a lighted match by an unknown mail working in the hold. The damage to the ship amounted to five thousand. and to the cargo eighty thousand.