AUSTRALIAN.

Inangahua Times, 9 December 1929, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

(Ana. Press in. sad Baa Oahu.) (By Electric Telegraph copyright.) GALE IN TASMAN Melbourne Dec j There have been fierce gales, accompanied by heavy seas in Bass Straits. They have seriously delayed shipping. Several vessels are sheltering in the bays oo the Victorian Coast. The lioer “Manuka” was thirty nine hours behind her schedule time. Five other ships were a day late.

TWO TRAGEDIES

HAM KILLED WITH A WADDY. ANOTHER HAN DISEMBOWELLED LATTER’S DEPOSITIONS TAKEN SYDNEY, Lost night. Alexander* ill'll ford, aged 45, was hilled last night with a heavy wod.ly, which it is believed was used by a person who had sworn vengeance against him in Redfern slum quarter of the City. Another terrible crime has been committed in Surrey Hill slum. Arthur Lands, aged 35, was so severely slashed with a razor, that he was disembowelled. His dying depositions were taken.

WASHED OFF ROCKS

THREE ANGLERS. TWO RESCUED THIRD, EX-PUGILIST DUGGAN, CAPTURED BY SHARE. SYDNEY, Last night. Tihree anglers were washed off the rocks at La Perouse yesterday. Two were rescued and the th’vrl, Thomas Duggan, aged 26, ex-pugilist, was taken by a shark while being rescued by a strong fishing line. He was not seen again. Week-end Tragedies r '• Reed 10 50 am Sydney, This day People met with violent deaths in the metropolis dnring the week-end. Six persons were drowned, four of the victims being children from four to sixteen years of age. IA tragic affair occurred at Fairfield, where a mother and daughter were nearly drowned while attempting to save a yhunger child, and but for the prompt action of a man there would have been thtee victims instead of one. Most of the tragedies occurred in creeks and water holes. The hot weather caused thousands 1 to flock to the beaches, where life savers bad a busy lime. At Maroubra 64 rescues were affected yesterday. The Roma Tragedy Two More Deaths lip""■ - i Reed 10 50 a m Brisbane, This day Roma, aged two, and Alma Miller, aged six, died from the injuries inflicted by their mother at Surat. The total deaths are now five. )ft. ~ i i Bush Fires BSpr-”-;. Banana Farms Burnt ■Reed 1050 am ■ Brisbane This day Fierce bnsh fires over Mount O’Reilly have taken a heavy toll of agriculture, and in the Mountain. Country five banana farms have been burnt out. The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds. Several dairy farms in the path of the flames were menaced, bat an organised force of fire fighters are doing their utmost to divert the fire.