AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.£. ASSOCIATION NOTED KINA NCI RR DISAPPEARS -MELBOURNE, January 7. A mystery surrounds the fate of C J. De Garis. whose name has been pro. niiuent in connection with the unfortunate Kemlenup settlement scheme in West Australia, aiul a number of other large financial ventures. He latterlv lmd been prominently associated with the Melbourne Sub-Divisions Compnnv a heavily financed building scheme. On Monday De Garis’s motor car was found abandoned on the beach near Mentone - itii some ol his clothes. Subsequently pathetic letters, addressed to his "de, were found at his home, stating

that, owing to financial complications and worries, lie intended to drown himself. Other letters, including one to the Reconstruction Committee of the SubDivisions Company, declared a- similar intention, and expressed sorrow at the losses and distress caused by the failure of the ventures. This letter says that he had decided to end a terrific burden which has escaped his mentality. I hereby he had become a menace to his host friends, owing to the warping <if lii.s financial sense, and Ins incapacity to concentrate on work. A persistent, search has so far failed to discover any trace of De Garis’s body.

LADY DOCTOR DEAD. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY. Jan. 8. Obituary—-l)r Alagnret Corlis, aged 85, I lie first lady doctor in Australia. Hie was horn in Canada. NOT CORRECT. SYDNEY, Jan. 8. Sir George Fuller denies Mr Cocks’ appointment as Agent-General f'or New South AYales. He says the matter lias not yet come before Cabinet. Air Cocks also states the report is unfounded. JUTLAND CONTROVERSY. BERTH, Jan. 8. Rear-Admiral Heard, who is a passenger by the Osterly. interviewed (■(ineeniing Admiral Hacoii’.s criticism of Lord Realty at Jutland said in a line of lighting ships twenty miles in long! h it: would have been impossible for Reattv to have conveyed mure in-

formation than lie sent by wireless ti Lold ,I<■!Ii:-iit- regarding the movements of the Germans. So long was the lighting line and so disconnected was the British contact with enemy ships that it was only guess work to say definitely what course the Germans were steering. MORE IM M KIR ANTS. PERTH, Jan. S. Carrying nearly a thousand passengers from almost every European country, the Erench steamer Coplico arrived at Frecmantle. Several foreigners were prevented from lauding under the new regulations, which require that each shall possess at least I'll) sterling. NEW GUINEA PROPERTIES..MELBOURNE. Jan. 8.

Mr linin' lias announced that the expropriated properties in New Guinea will be offered for sale hv the Federal Government at an early date. A MISSING FINANCIER. .MELBOURNE. January 7. Tigs search for the body ol C. J. De (laris has so 'tar been unsuccess!u! Just before disappearing lie wrote about seventy letters to friends and others, all indicating he intended to commit suicide. The chairman of M 'lbourne Sub-div-ision Cnv savs it De Garis had not lost his nerve lie would have cleaned up the company with a profit of mm hundred thousand sterling. Ilial prolit was still to lie made. Do Garis had ids life heavily insured.