THE WESTERN TRAGEDY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15885, 5 April 1915, Page 4

THE WESTERN TRAGEDY.

TWO PERPETRATORS CAUGHT. (Received April 4, 7 p.m.) Perth, April 4. Altogether eight natives were slaughtered in the Turkey Creek affray. Three charred bodies have been found. Two of the perpetrators have been captured. [A Perth message published on Saturday :tated that police telegrams from Broome, the pearling centre, reported a tragedy among the aboriginals at Turkey Creek. It was reported that six blacks were shot and the bodies were burned. Black trackers who were put on the trail of the murderers shot and wounded two natives who were endeavouring to escape.] RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Received April 4, 7 p.m.) Stpnkt, April 4. Steady rain has fallen since early this morning and still continues. BOYCOTTING ILLEGAL. Hobart, April 3. In deciding a case arising out of tho carters' strike, the Full Court decided thar» all boycotting was illegal. TOTALISATOR MOVEMENT. Melbourne, April 3. The State Attorney-General, referring to the totalisator movement, said that to legalise this anti-social vice would be wrong to the community. The policy in regard to gambling was to keep it as disreputable as possible and confine it to the racecourse. EQUINE JUMPER'S PEAT. Std.vet, April 3. The horse Landlock won the high jump at the Royal Show, clearing 6ft 9in. RECORD EGG LAYING. Sydney, April 3. At the Hawkesbury College poultry tests ft white leghorn laid 288 eggs in a year, which is a world's record in a competition.