AN ARREST MADE
DEATH OF JOURNALIST IN SYDNEY
(Received September 13, 10.10 aim.)
. . .. . ,: SYDNEY, This Day. i The former New Zealand journalist Gervain. G. McDonald, whose death was announced yesterday, was employed by Associated Newspapers, Ltd., in Sydney. He .died from injuries received on Saturday during an altercation at Bondi. ~...-..
McDonald, who was a court reporter on the "Sun," was.allegedly involved in an argument in which blqws were> struck. He fell, striking his head heavily on the footpath, and fractured his skull. He did not regain consciousness.
John I£irkwood, aged 30, an agent, was arrested and charged with having -feloniously slain McDonald. He was remanded at the Paddington Court till Monday. Bail was refused.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 64, 13 September 1939, Page 17
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114AN ARREST MADE Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 64, 13 September 1939, Page 17
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