HIT WITH AN AXE.
I A TRADER MU3DERED. j By Telegrauh—Fre;s Association—Copyright. j BRISBANE, October 1. ! A well-known Sydney planter and trader, named Laycock, was murdered on the island of Makira. in the Solomon Group. He was engaged in a recruiting tour and was standing in a dinghey talkino; to a recruiter, when a native suddenly struck him in the neck with an axe, almost severing his head. The crime is inexplicable. The Makira " boj's," it it; well known, liked L-ay-j cock. The murderer escaped into the
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 9
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