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Multiple incidents and notices from a busy Saturday brief
A scattered news brief reports a train incident at Midland Junction where a break gang responded and a man named Ron was replaced in attendance. It notes an elderly man reported missing watch thefts by two men, William Howden and John Be an, and an inquest into the death of Anne Berrur, 15 months old, hit by a brewer’s wagon with a verdict of accidental death. Also covered are remarks by the Prime Minister on Australia New Zealand kinship, naval arrivals, wartime logistics and local accidents, a fire at Corakin destroying huts and rifles, an injury to J. Meldown from a saw accident, a dividend event at a shareholders meeting, and Labour candidates for Victorian Senate seats.
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Rob
Vonstables
William Howden
John Be ‘An
Stalen
Dames Wocter
Anne Berrur
Bendigo
Caramer
Dasth
A.N.A
Port Melbourne
Armister
Ausralis
New Zealand
Australia