AUSTRALIAN NEWS
NURSING SISTER OUTRAGED. SYDNEY, May 21. A nursing sister at Wheatly. Private Hospital, Crowe’s Nest suburb told an extraordinary story to a newspaper reporter. She declares that she missed a train from Roseville suburb to the city, when a well-dressed man, with a pleasant voice, offered to lake her in his car to the city. She consented, but was 'driven into the scrub five miles away, where the man brutally assaulted her. tore her clothes nearly off. and gave her three kicks, and then drove off. The nurse was too embarrased to call the .attention of other cars. She stated that she arrived from New Zealand nine months ago to take up nursing at Wheatly Hospital. FOOLING WITH A SNAKE. ADELAIDE. May 21. The Curator of the Snake Park was giving a demonst ration ‘when a reptile seized his face, part of which was taken inside the snake’s jaws. The reptile endeavoured to constrict itself around the curator’s body, but he managed to place* his foot on the tail, preventing it. Another official prized open the jaws with a walking stick. The curator’s face was severely lacerated with the snake’s teeth, requiring medical attention.
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Grey River Argus, 22 May 1928, Page 6
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