AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 95, 20 April 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

8 DOUBLE TRAGEDY. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FOUND - - DEAD. SYDNEY, April 19. Mrs. Hallett and hen 18-year-old daughter Victoria, visitors to Katoomba, "were found dead in a rented cottage. Their belongings included three bottles which had contained aconite, and instructions for the disposing of their personal property; The mother had apparently been dead five and the daughter three days. There is nothing to explain the tragedy. PASTRYCOOKS' STRIKE. SYDNEY, April 19. The pastryooks have issued an ultimatum, announcing their intention, unless certain holidays and terms are granted, to strike. The employers secured an injunction to 'restrain them, but this has been flouted by the men, who are ceasing work.