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NEW ZEALANDER FOUND READMURDER- SUSPECTED. (U.P.A. bv Elec. Tel. Copyright) SYDNEY, Nov. T. William Campbell, or Cattle, P'2, n :native of Now Zealand, was found <lea c ] in a farm paddock near W.vnlong. Tbe contents of tbe stomach have been forwarded to the Government analyst at Sydney, ns the police suspect' murder by poisoning. “LIKE LIONESS” QUEER, ANIMAL OF GTPUSLAND, MELBOURNE, Oct 23. A big fawn-colored cat-like beast which resembles a lioness is reported to be roaming the rugged outback country of Gnngah, Gippsland. For 12 months people living in ” Trafalgar district have reported, at various times, having seen a mysterious animal, but all efforts to trap it have failed. Last, week Gcorgo Siggins, and his two sons, who conduct a farm on the outskirts of GunyUli, were walking across a paddock, when they were stopped by ■ a strange snarling call about 400 or 600 yards away. They say they saw a huge beast moving slowly in tile bracken. It had a. cat-like| head, and its body ■ appeared to bo about 6ft, long. It' crossed a clear space, which ■ gave them a good' view, Some days later a horse galloped home terrified, and lingo cat-fike tracks woro discovered for. a quarter of. a mile along tbe roadway. , Others in the . neighbourhood who have, sc.Cn the strange aniinhl are two clergymen (Messrs Crocker and Fitzgerald) and a number of . miners prospecting..in the ranges,.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12091, 2 November 1933, Page 3
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