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! PRISONER RECAPTURED. (Australian Press Association) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 27. The escaped prisoner, Zvindef, "was recaptured under a house at Katoomba. DROP IN SHARES. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 27. There was a sharp reaction on the Stock Exchange yesterday to the tax proposals. Recording a consensus of financial opinion the market promptly dropped the value of eight securities affected by . the tax proposals by £319,037 sterling. Picture shares suffered most. Breweries and tobacco company, shares also fell. . <J ’ * a BOY CHARLTON. , \ . SYDNEY, August 27. Andrew (Boy) Charlton, champion swimmer, announced he will not 'compete ‘during the forthcoming season. Charlton lias been an inmate of North Shore Hospital for some weeks with an attack; of rheumatic fever,' but .is now recovering. / : J
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1929, Page 6
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131AUSTRALIAN NEWS Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1929, Page 6
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