AUSTRALIAN NEWS
A BOOKMAKER'S DEATH JUMPED OYER A CLIFF SYDNEY, August 10. A man threw himself over the cliff at Echo Point, Katoomba, falling 1000 feet into the valley below. A search party later found the body impaled on a tree stump. It was identified as that of George Wilkinson, aged 35, a Sydney bookmaker. A young woman, whom Wilkinson asked to hold his overcoat, witnessed the tragedy. A STRIKE AVERTED SYDNEY, August 10. (Received August 11, at 1.30 a.m.) The threatened strike at Port Kembla Iron and Steel Works has been averted as the result of a compulsory conference of the parties, whereby the dispute was referred to the State Industrial Commission, which will adjudicate upon it.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22956, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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