AUSTRALIAN NEWS
PARRAMATTA TRAGEDY. l*m« Association —By Tologruph—-Copyri^M SYDNEY, March 28. Albert Walker has been committed for trial on a charge of feloniously and maliciously killing his wife. Mrs Walker, aged. 50 years, was shot dead in front of her homo at Parramatta. A passer-by informed the police that tb® deceased ran from a honse, followed by' her husband, Albert Walker. Three shots were fired, two taking effect. The busband then made for the shrub. A party of police was despatched, and as they approached Walker called out: “Are you after me?” He then produced a revolver and shot himself in the temple. He was sent to hospital in a serious condition. THE YARRA IN ILOOD. MELBOURNE, March 29. As a result of heavy rain, the Yarn River flooded, submerging the iow-lymgf' suburbs. Heavy rains are reported m country centres.--A. and N.Z. Cable. ART UNION PRIZE. SYDNEY, March 29, The first priae in the firemen’s art union, valued at £llOO, was won by 'E. Siddells, of Palmerston North.— A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19134, 31 March 1924, Page 5
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