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The Victorian Government lias o'£voi>j| a reward of £IOO for the arrest of jjier-|| petrator- of the Eurrmnbeet outrage. ThcSiS following announcement appeared! in ill •supplement to the " Gazette," issaed ons Monday week : —'' Whereas that, aboutH seven o'clock in the evening of Tuesday,|| the 4tli instant, Mrs. Jane Iteece was|| brutally assaulted, and twice violated, atl| Picnic Point, Burrumbeet, by a man dej| scribed below, whose name is not knowiffl with certainty, but is supposed to lie James® R'alliday, notice is hereby given that a re-ffl i ward or £IOO will be paid by the Govern-ft; ment for such information as wiMsfeftd tog| the arrest and conviction of the oft«hder.ji Description of the Offender.—A natm-otffi Hay, New South Wales, of Irish parent-jl age, and is also known as ' Donegal Jiiu,'i> aged twenty-eight or thirty, thin face anitS nose, about ten stone, light-Lrown liiiiv.ffi inclined- to sandy, sandy whiskers anil moustache all over the face, but short, good looking agreeable in appuir-i auce; wore light tweed sac coat, sfiti behind the lining of the pockets, torn aadg hanging dark Crimean or cotton shirt AWfchS stripe, dirt]- white moleskin trousers,"! • dirty light-coloured wideawake hat, amU] strong lace-up boots, nearly new ; carricdn a small swag containing two stone-breaker's! hammers, a suit of bluish tweed clothes,| a black dress cloth coat, and a pair of| trousers, a white shirt with studs, aii(i| "tommy dodd shoes. lie is said t:> beg known about Scrub-hill and Bullarook ass ' The Dancing Master.' When in his? working dress he is very careless, but when! wearing his best clothes he assumes tlicg air and gait of a dandy. He is very fimil| of dancing, and also of Sunday-seho<il|
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 19, 13 May 1876, Page 2
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280WANTED. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 19, 13 May 1876, Page 2
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