Shocking Allegations Against Mallee Farmer; Drowned Three New Born Babies
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 2
A mallee wheat farmer, George Thorne Bennett, a slight, wiry, sunburned man of 47, appeared in Ouyen district court during the week to face police…
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Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 2
At the height of Thursday night's storm when blinding rain was lashed across the town by a gale force wind a young woman was struck by a car…
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The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 1
Christmas, 1947, was the coolest in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. In years gone by, whatever the weather prior to…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 1
A message from Coff's Harbour states: Thirty two people were injured when a temporary grandstand at Coff's Harbour Christmas Carnival collapsed last night, during the holding of the world's championship woodchop competition, which was…
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