AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20451, 4 July 1928, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE LITTLE COOGEE TRAGEDY. AN ACCIDENTAL FALL. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, July 3. The police are satisfied that Monica Holy accidentally fell over the cliff.— Australian Press Association. A previous message stated: “ A woman’s battered and lifeless body was found at the foot of a cliff at Little Coogee. The police are of the opinion that there has been foul play. The woman was about 27 years of age. She was named Monica Holly, and lived with Augustus Killy in a rough hut nearby. He told the police that he believed she fell over the cliff, which is 70ft high, during the week-end. THE MARRICKVILLE MURDER. GOVERNMENT REWARD OFFERED. SYDNEY, July 3. The Government is offering a reward of £SOO for the apprehension of the masked man who killed the two women. The whole population is stirred, and every available detective is engaged on the case, but no clue has been found.—Australian Press Association. Two masked men drove a motor cycle to a confectionery shop at Marrickville kept by Mrs Sarah Falvey and her sister. Miss Vaughan, both of whom were elderly. When the men attempted to rob the till the women screamed, whereupon one of the men drew a revolver and shot both of them. Mrs Falvey was killed instantly, and Miss Vaughan died in the hospital. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT. PROSPECTS MOST PROMISING. SYDNEY, July 3. The wheat prospects in New South Wales are most promising, although good rains in the western division are required. The grasshopper plague has almost disappeared.—Australian Press Association. YOUNG GIRL OUTRAGE!). LEFT IN SCRUB ALL NIGHT. SYDNEY, July 3. (Received July 3, at 10 p.m.) A girl, aged 16, was found outraged and badly knocked about in the scrub at Sefton Park, where she had been lying all night. She was .taken to hospital in a critical condition. She told the police that, with a girl friend she left the factory where she worked at 5.30 yesterday afternoon. On the way home they met two men in a motor car, who asked them if they wanted a nde in the car to meet the bus. The girls consented, but later the fnend left the car, and before sh© could follow the men drove quickly awav. After outraging her they left her in the scrub, where she remained in a semi-conscious condition all night.—Australian Press Association ROYAL COMMISSION’S REPORT. PROCEEDINGS TO FOLLOW. SYDNEY, July 3. (Received July 3, at 10 p.m.)_ Cabinet has decided to institute criminal proceedings against certain persons named in the civic Koval Lum.<iission report, where there is suffeient evidence. —Australian Press Association. SCAFFOLDING BEAM BREAKS. TWO .MEN KILLED, i j SYDNEY. July 3. (Received July 3, at 10 p.m.) A beam supporting scaffolding on which three men were working at the Australian Gaslight Company’s new holders at Alexandria snapped, throwing the three men to a concrete floor, a distance of 22 feet. Edward Garden and William Clark were killed, whilst the other man was seriously injured.—Australian Press Association. TWO MEN ASPHYXIATED. BATH HEATER TURNED ON. SYDNEY, July 3. (Received Julv 3,_ at 11 p.m.) Noticing water running from a bathroom in a flat occupied by James Simpson and Jack Drudson, the owner forced the door, and found the two men asphyxiated by carbon monoxide gas. They had been dead about eight hours. Apparently they went to the bathroom and turned the bath heater on, being immediatelv overcome by the gas.—Australian Press Association.