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BROKEN HILL STORM. MANY HOMES DESTROYED Presa Association—By Telegraph—Cepyrigct SYDNEY, December 13. Many homes were destroyed through the Broken Hill storm. A relief fund has been inaugurated at Sydney to tide the victims over Christmas. A JUDGE’S RESIGNATION. SYDNEY, December 13. Mr Piddington has issued a statement explaining that he resigned his judgeship of the High Court because he discovered that Mr Hughes had ascertained his views on his interpretation of the Commonwealth law through an intermediary before the judgeship was offered to him. Mr Hughes denies this statement, and adds that Mr Piddington resigned in consequence of the hostility of the bar. HOMEBUSH ABATTOIRS. SYDNEY, December 13. The carcass butchers criticised the Meat Board for not providing ample shelter at Homebush abattoirs for cattle. They say that requests which were previously made were rejected, although the board showed a profit on its transactions. PETERSHAM TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, December 13. (Received Dec. 13, at 9.50 p.m.) Mrs Mounser has succumbed to her injuries. [A cablegram from Sydney, published yesterday, stated that Francis Mounser, after an altercation with his wife at their home at Petersham, fired three revolver shots, severely wounding her. He then fatally shot himself.]
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18736, 14 December 1922, Page 7
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