19 Oct 1960
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1960
Page
1
A boy at Matsons Bay watched his mother fall from a cliff edge during a distressing incident. Police and rescuers reached the scene in rain to bring the woman to safety after she spent over an hour on a ledge and later reunited tearfully with her son.
Dr Franz Laszlo, a Melbourne University lecturer, flew to Aden to obtain custody of his granddaughter Helen Bradley seven. He bought a return ticket for himself and a one way ticket for the child paying 61a for the two tickets. Aden Court granted a writ of habeas corpus and had the child placed in its charge after serving notice on Mrs Magda Bradley aboard the liner Himalaya.
A Government Medical Officer testified in Central Court that hairs removed from the rug wrapping Graeme Thorne’s murdered body were indistinguishable from those from a half grown Pekingese dog. Police later showed Hodgson pictures of the.pet’s metal tagged dog Cherry owned by Bradley.
Medical Officer Dr. Cameron Cramp reports hairs from Bradley home and his cars match hairs from Graeme Thorne’s clothing. Evidence includes 14 police photos and a rug linked to the victim. Bradley faces extradition from Ceylon. police expect to finish case soon.
Testimony centers on a traveling rug claimed as design 0049 tied to the Leviathan firm. Witnesses link the rug to Jacob Fogel and Magda Bradley’s circle as investigators probe Grame Thorne’s kidnapping and death with soil and fabric evidence from the recovered body.
Lord Mauchline arrives in Melbourne from Britain using the alias Mr. Michael Abney Hastings as part of the Migrant scheme. He hopes to build a new life in Australia, citing greater opportunity than in Britain.
A liner blast killed six and injured eight. The roar was heard two miles away and a fire followed. Two tugs with fire equipment rushed to the ship. all 283 passengers were safe ashore. Most victims were engine room staff. Three severely injured remained at Santa Catalina Clinic. Capetown Castle will be towed to harbour and burial planned at the British cemetery. Engineering experts from Britain to inspect the wreck.
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