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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 11, 1940.
HOSPITAL SHIP STRIKE
The Minister for Health.; M FitzSimons, said in the Austra- lian Legislative Assembly that the strike on the hospital ship Man- unda was causing great embar- rassment und, by delaying the vessel, was imperilling the lives
GETTING
READY GIRL'S
TRAGIC DEATH
IN EGYPT
"I have just returned widely-dispersed dug-outs. In the from a trip to the West-round the main defence line, which three-hour trip, I was conducted ern Desert. For 200 miles uns for miles-a seemingly end- less belt of wire and anti-tank of west
Alexandria, a trenches. cross-section of the Em-! pire's military forces is deep wadis, and, where such do of Australian soldiers in Egypt.
"I am sure that no strike that dispersed, including Aus- not exist, mechanical trench dig- has ever occurred in Australia has tralians,'
writes a Cairo into the rocky ground. Then the gers have cut
widely and deep been more deplorable or has caused more embarrassment," said Correspondent.
trenches have been levelled by "The Manunda
Mr. FitzSimons,
has cost tens of thousands of pounds to equip, and there is a skilled medical and nursing staff on board.
"A substantial number of Aus- tralian and New Zealand troops in Egypt are in need of repatria- tion, and every day the vessel re- mains idle is causing embarrass- ment and imperilling the lives of the soldiers in Egypt."
"The men live like rabbits in
"In parts, the latter incorporate
native labour.
Strangled With Stocking
Nancy
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Patricia Richens, aged 16. dead in
Police recently found her bed at her home at Penshurst her forehead and a silk stocking. E. Boufold, Esq., K. S. Morrison, Ess. Street, Sydney, with a wound in tied tightly with two knots round
her neck.
A. H. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. T. E. Foured, Hon. Mr. S. H.
C. C. Foberta. Esq., Dodwell, Hon, Mr. A. L. G. Mistin, Eug..
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager,
Indicated that the girl had been attacked, probably with an iron bar. which is now in possession of the police, Amoy criminally assaulted, and then Bangkok strangled.
"All day, defensive works go on, while, out in front, mechanised patrols keep in touch
"Once off the splendid main enemy, who also
Medical examination with the road, the surface of the desert is are constantly rocky and boulder-strewn,
Liter- harried from the sea and the air. ally not one square yard of the surface is free of large pebbles and rocks. With a 100ft height, limit, the whole countryside undulates incessantly from the sea to the escarpment, whose sides and for- Traffle reduces the surface to ward zones are impenetrable.
fine powder, which swirls and twists.
(U.A.P., Petersham), said that the matter was entirely under Federal Jurisdiction, but he would certain- Mr. FitzSimons, who was reply-ly do anything that he could, to ing to a question by Mr. Solomon settle the strike.
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A man has been charged with murder,
The girl was the adopted daugh- ter of Harold James Richards, 47, a second-hand dealer, and his wife. "Strongly built section posts dot Mrs. Richards left home to spend the whole defensive line. The a holiday on the Hawkesbury whole of the line gives the impres- River, and was away when the sion of impregnability, which is tragedy occurred. Two sons, the aided by the unsuitability of the only other members of the fami- surface for sustained mechanised | ly, were also away. attack owing to the risk of track breakages.
"The most amazing feature of the whole defensive position is the skilful concealment of men and guns. It is impossible to discern most positions until one is right on them. All the forward troops, bronze and dust-covered, seem to merge with the landscape.
"Desert aerodromes similarly are almost indiscernible, The wide distribution of grounded 'planes makes serious damage impossible from the air."
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| Piercing Scceams Heard
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The police first heard of the Chatswood Police Station and had
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Detective Sergeants Chuck. Wa'son, and Regan rushed to the Richards's home in Penshurst Street, about half a mile away. They found Nancy Richens lying dead in bed with a severe wound in the forehead and a stocking tied round her neck. Her hands were gently folded and the bed- clothes neatly drawn over the body.
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Marconi School of Wireless, The body was 'taken to the City which is conducted by Amal- Morgue, where medical examina- gamated Wireless, Australia's na- tion showed that Miss Richens's tional wireless organisation. death, had been caused by stran- gulation. The blow which caused the wound in her forehead, al- though severe, had not been suf- ficiently heavy to
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