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GAOL SUICIDE. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) SYDNEY. March 21. At the inquest on Davis (a New Zealander), who was found hanged in a
cell) the police stated that on his release from Bathurst gaol last year, detectives obtained employment for him with a city firm, and he promised to reform. The firm was very pleased with. Davis’s work, but subsequently he commenced to rob his employers and was arrested. The jury recorded a verdict of suicide. with no blame attachable to the gaol officials. The Coroner said that Davis was probably overcome by remorse. SYDNEY. March 21. The Water Board Election (Postponement) Bill was passed bv the Upper House. ADELAIDE. March 21. Leaking badly in all holds, the Japanese freighter. Portland Main, fully loaded with a cargo of wheat for the East, was beached half a mile from the shore on a short treacherous stretch of shingle off Cape Torrens. She has been in danger of foundering after battling against heavy seas BRISBANE, March ?!• Sugar experimental stations propose to import into Queensland giant toads to control the sugar-cane nests. An attempt will he made to breed toads, after which the first genei.i'io.i will be liberated in the grub infested areas.
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Grey River Argus, 22 March 1935, Page 8
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