AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
BURNT TO DEATH. Received December 27, 12.58 a.m. SYDNEY, December 26. Wardsman Rooke, while rtprwaenting Father Christmas, at Wyalong Hospital festivities, was turnt to death through his clothes coming in contact witn a lamp. AUSTRALIAN RACES. Received December 26, 10.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Deoember 26. Results: —> Deoember Stakeß. Malsterdelle 1, Owl 2, Quadratio 3. Summor Cup-r-Tatterdemaiiou 1, 2, Aragair 3. Fifteen starfcera, Won by a length ad ahnlf. Time, 2tnin 49%5e0. MELBOURNE, Deo. 26. Hopetoan Cap—Red Streak 1, Oharmant 2, Albenzo 3. Eleven starters. Won easily. Time, 2min 24)^seo. MOTOR FATALITY.
MELBOURNE, December 24. While a motor-car, crowded with passengers, was turning a treacher- ■ ous corner at Hevlesville it became unmanageable. The j driver, to avoid running down a steep hill, turned the car into a bank.
Miss Gidley and Mr Pemberton, who were engaged to be married, were thrown out of the car. The wheels passed over both, dreadfully injuring the woman, and breaking both of Pemberton's legs. The two injured people remained on the roadside jffour and a half hours before aid reached them.
Miss Gidley died soon afterwards,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8319, 27 December 1906, Page 5
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182AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8319, 27 December 1906, Page 5
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