AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1928, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) TIMBER EIRE. (Received this day at 10.1*3 a.m.) SYDNEY. March I. A fire, following an explosion destroyed the timber mills of 'lanner and .Middleton Coy in Hurwood Road, Concord. The damage is estimated to i-x----eeed €100.0(10 sterling. The (ire was one of tlie most spectacular seen m Sydney for a long time. DEATH SENTENCES. SYDNEY. -March I. (veil .Matthew Thompson. fotlnii guilty of murder of Frederick Vi illiam Tlioruley at Tamwortli rallied oil 2!>tli June has been sentenced to death. MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC. MELBOURNE, March I. A mysterious epidemic occurred ainong young children at Brown coal mine settlement at Nallouni. Seven deaths occurred within a fortnight, and six others have been hospitalled. The first symptoms are similar to those ol gastric influenza. The cause is unknown. SHOCKING TRAGEDY. PERTH. March 1. A shocking death of a 12-year-old school girl, Ivy Lewis, is reported, from Harking, 1.(15 miles south of Berth. The girl, who was missing ak night, was found naked in the bush with her bead almost, shot away. A farm hand. Jack .Milner, has been arrested on a charge ol murder, lie lee. the police to the place where the body lay. BODY FOUND. GISBORNE, .March 1. The head and trunk of a man’s body was washed ashore at Whaikanae beach this morning. It is believed to tic tinremains of Patrick Hoff, a seaman off the .schooner Elsie .Mary, drowned on January 2nd. A FIRE. SYDNEY. March 1. Damage estimated at twelve thousand sterling was caused by a lire which destroyed Lee’s general store and CY>nlston's motor garage at Xarromi ne