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Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1939, Page 6

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£33,373 WAHTN.U

CAN’T FIND RELATIVES

MELBOURNE,. May 11 • Unless someone can prove biood relationship with the late.. Air Edwaru Konceca, MordiaHoc bachelor, ..his estate of £33,3/ 3 will go to cbnsolidateu revenue., . , .

Fonceca made his will in April, 1,891. He died on April' 15th last. The estate ws bequeathed to ,Eonceca’s mother and . brothers.. !' ; Tim mother died In .‘1.901, and the brother; in. .1934.1 The curator' of estates of deceased. persopsh(:Mr Cfi"feiisiye eiiquii'tesjj. > bejietasi t thfitijtfiere .riorinfex&oi’-kiir.i-ji tprfiiafi Df CHILD SWALLOWS" PIECE OF ■ : . A AVltH’7. TV , WOLLONGONG, May 12. Hilda Hannam ’2O months, iff Wollongong, : swallowed at piece of ivne ahdiit an inch'and a half long tp-day.;. Her father sitvfr one end’of the 'Fire protruding from her throat, hilt was unable to retrieve it. When a doctor arrived it had .disappeared. The ’child is in hospital under observation. ' . ’ Hilda was playing with a wire brush in her. home when some.of the wires fell out. , b"- .- Ehe put them into her mouthy and sfyallowed l ’ one; - XVray photos- have xo: far;failed to show its location. : U'foiq A “HA UNTID'-- nTG'WNSiHiP. ’9 "i NARItpMINE, May 12. Narromine ilias “lipryes-” -.; The” strain; of a series of fives, dog poisoning, and three successive murders, is having its effect. , • Some residents now say the township is haunted: The “ghost” is a mysterious woman in white. Police laugh at this. They attribute the. latest rumour to imagination. Ghost of Courage. The story goes that a figure in white has entered houses and switched '/off lights, leaving as mysteriously, ai ' li came. ' ' . ••'( ,7 But it is pointed out. that,the story began when, • f Dubbo radio station broadcast a serial 'draina,- “The woman in White.” 'flie “ghost” certainly has .. .cou,age, ’ There are now- more police, .fn Nfl'fo- • inline than the township has., ever fe.u before. M i •All police engaged ip. the search loi tlie' three missing men,..together tViili tv*?o detectives from the. C.d t ß.,'are • staying here. ~. • : ; \ " —**;f ' l ?. ■ ATTACK ON WIDOW BY A WOMAN . \ . THUG, . SYDNEY, May 2. Armed with a heavy, blunt instrument, .a woman thug attacked another woman yesterday, in the.dailies’- restroom at the Town Hall railway station, i •Mrs i®leanor .Wood, 65, tof Koola Avenue. Uullara. was opening fi> door in the rest-room when l she' felt a 'stunning'blow ton the head: ' ;': i Mrs Wood is the widow of Professor G. Arnold Wood, who was'Professor Of History at %-diiey 4 University; ••• : ! Although dazed, she"fcefit her feet, and looked ! ‘ : '’She :• saw- - a youngish woman hurrying :from the exit.; ■ •-.' ' ’>• '• ■

Mrs Wood called for help, bleeding, from a deep- cut fin the hack' of- the head. • • .■ .. .\ Mrs Wood was taken to Sydney Hospital, Where two’-stitches were inserted in the wound: ■ ' ' ’ She was suffering from severe shock. She had been dealt a heavy blow, and the wound would have been more serious hut for; her hat. • The felt crown wag stuffed with tis-sue-paper to keep' it'igj;shape.',," , .~. Possible Disguise;’';,,, ■ Kolice cppsideipl that the woni.au assailant •.apertjnk.i,,/ "’;/>• '•..;,, But they aVe not. overlooking.the.ppssihility that' the- person was-' a m.an dis-’ guised as a woman, 4 'No attempt - was made to rob ,Airs Wood. ' - BURGLAR TRAPPER IN WINDOW BARS, W: v.ORANGE, May A would-be cat burglar Was caught by the- head between the’ bars’of a rear window of a'lolly shop last fright; He called for help-. ■ , ,

The man was standing on a ; bp|, trying to reach a theatre; sweets .tray thrquglii ij,-.hr<)ken .window, w-lien. .the bojx slipped. ‘

jHi,s Aiegd.'.weut j ( bptwe,ei) the lia.rsj and ,he.;hung with his: tip,toes ou'A.the box. •• '. ■;

AVlien tugged from tlie window lie fell unconscious to the ground.; Following his recovery, the intruder attacked arid abused his'rescuer, and then : ran-iiway. i S .' ‘