MURDER OF A WOMAN.
PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES. MEN SENT to trial. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received June 19, 1.15 a.m.) Sydney, June 18. A MAN name! George Caspar Watson hag been committed for trial on a charge of murdering Mrs. Pocock.
The body of a woman, found on May 7 in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, bore sigii3 of terrible ill-treatment, recalling the notorious Mount Rennie outrage. The woman was identified as the wife of a chimney sweep named Pocock. The latter stated that his wife was in the habit of absenting herself for days together. She left home some days before the body was discovered and he had not been aware of her movements sinoe then.
PORTUGUESE , CRISIS.
CABINET'S RESIGNATION.
B.v Telegraph.— Association.— Copyright. (Received June 19. 12-30 a.®.)
Lisbon, June 19. The Portuguese Cabinet has resigned. The Premier has been asked to form a new Cabinet.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15948, 19 June 1915, Page 8
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