AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE HOLIDAY IK SYDNEY MANY ACCIDENTS REPORTED. (Delayed in Transmission.) SYDNEY, December 26. (Received December 28, at 11.30 a.m.) In glorious weather the holiday was observed in the usual semi-religious manner. 5 Exceptionally heavy motor traffic resulted in many accidents. A policeman riding a motor cycle was killed, and in various accidents forty people were injured, including fourteen in a collision between a lorry and a tram. FIRE AT KYOGLE BUSINESS BLOCK DESTROYED. SYDNEY, December 26. (Received December 28, at 11.30 a.m.)' Fire at Kyogle destroyed a block of fifteen business premises. The volunteer fire brigade, owing to the shortage of water, -was unable to cope with the outbreak till it cut off the spread of the fire by destroying the intervening buildings. The damage is estimated at about £IOO,OOO.
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Evening Star, Issue 19442, 28 December 1926, Page 6
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135AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS Evening Star, Issue 19442, 28 December 1926, Page 6
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