SYDNEY AROUSED
A PUBLIC OUTCRY Two Gross Assaults in Quick Succession DRASTIC PUNISHMENT DEMANDED. (By Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright.) Received March 26, I 1 p.m. (A. & N.Z.) SYDNEY, March 26. Sydney has been horrified during the past few days by two gross assaults on children.
In the first instance a girl of 10 years, en route to school, was dragged into some scrub, her assailant threatening to knife her unless she accompanied him.
There has been such a public outcry that the Government is offering a reward of £5OO for the apprehension of the assailant.
The second case concerns a girl of 13, living in a widely separated suburb, who was the victim of a similar attempted outrage, but her screams attracted assistance.
In this latter case a youth has been arrested.
These two similar crimes, occurring in succession, have aroused a public outcry and a demand for more drastic punishment for this class of offence, which since the obolition of capital punishment, has been very prevalent.
favour of United States’ supervision of the elections were held throughout the country to-day. The paraders cheered wildly before the United States Legation and heard speeches delivered in National Place.
One young Conservative attempted a counter-demonstration but was quickly arrested.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20106, 27 March 1928, Page 7
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