NEWS IN BRIEF.
SHOT IN THE, HEAD. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT SYDNEY, Oct, 37. An inquest was held to-day in connection with the death o,f F. H. Orton, accountant at- the Hay market branch of the Government Savings Bank, who was found fatally slot, in the head, a revolver being in his hand. The evidence showed' that the deceased had been suffering from depression owing to ill-health. MOTOR, RACER, KILLED. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. Ernie Jnsterberg, the automobile mcer, was killed at Charlotte, North Carolina, He lost control of his car while, trying it out on ia. new- speedway. He struck the upper rail and went over it. EARTHQUAKE IN AFRICA. CAPETOWN, Oct. 17. An earthquake at Johannesburg, probably the severest ever experienced in the Rand, caused many falls of rock in gold mines, hut no ' casualties are re-, ported. The seismograph at the Union’s observatory proved too delicate to record the shock, and was -put out of action. £500,000 FOR MIGRATION. Received Oct. 18, 10.10 a.m. ■ , SYDNEY. Oct. 18. After a conference, the Minister of Lands announced that there hacl been made available £500,000 to New South Wale s for migration. SHIPPING. NEWCASTLE, Oct. 18. .Arrived —Cambada, from Auckland. Sailed—Wingatui. for Dunedin. MELBOURNE, Oct. 18. Ar rived—Moer a ki.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 October 1924, Page 5
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