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Sensational Port Darwin episode shocks NSW MP Pars
Short Pars, W E Jonson, a New South Wales member of the Federal Parliament, endured a dramatic day at Port Darwin after mistaking a two ton object for an alligator. He wrestled the creature with a stone and the beast fled to the sea. Carruthers recalls promises of vast funds raised to bankrupt the State, while stating he has not left Sydney on any northern tour.
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W. E. Jonson
N.S.W
Port Darwin
Johnson
Carruthers
Sydney