AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
OLD-TiME PRISON escape. DISCOVERY OF MASTER KEY. A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE. April 2. Officials are convinced that the mystery surrounding the sensational escape of a notorious convict, Frederick Clarke, from the Geelong gaol, in 1889, has been solved. While the prisoners were clearing the prison ground they discovered a large brass key, which proved 'to be a master key for every lock in the gaol at the time of Clarke's ' escape. Clarke was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1847, and died in Geelong at the-age of 57. He had a record of sentences totalling 87 years for various crimes. , NEW ZEALAND AXEMEN. (Reed. 10.15 P.m.) < SYDNEY." April 2. • The 15-inch underhand wood-chopping contest at the Agricultural Show was won by L. Appo, of New Zealand, in lm. 15s. STATE POPULATIONS. . SYDNEY.- April 2. The population of New South Wales.at the end of December last was and of Victoria 1,590,612. 1.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 5
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