COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 14, 22 May 1913, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

0 % \ 'v [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Sydney, May 20. Overton, who was attacked by a burglar on May 7, has . succumbed to his injuries. (A Sydney cablegram on May 7 said: After a desperate struggle a burglar twice shot Mr Overton, proprietor of the Tyne laundry, at Manly, and escaped. There has been a recurrence of the burglary boom lately, and frequent daring robberies in the city and suburbs. Overtoil was awakened by a burglar in his bedroom. He grappled with him, and a fierce fight ensued. The intruder fired a revolver, wounding Overton in the neck. In spite of his wound he continued the struggle, and the burglar again fired, inflicting a wound in the stomach. Retaining his hold. Overton was dragged into the passage, when the burglar shook himself free, and escaped with £2O worth of jewellery.) Fremantle, May 20. The Mamora’s passengers include fifteen time-expired soldiers of all branches of the services from India, engaged by the Commonwealth to act as instructors at compulsory training camps. Melbourne, May 20.

While dragging for the sunken punt, Western Port, the drag snagged. A diver descended, and discovered it had been caught by a largo sunken vessel, with a beam of 40 feet, built of English oak. A search of the records does not disclose any such wreck, but residents at Phillip Island remember that years ago skeletons were found strpwn on adjacent beaches, and it was never discoverer! where they came from.