In both eastern cities, Melbourne and Sydney, considerable dismay has been felt by the public at the Jnumber of motor accidents. Intoxicated motorists, or irresponsibles who have not been supplied wit 'a driving licence are frequently concerned in them. In Sydney a motor lorry got out of hand and there were 13 casualties, eleven hurt and two killed. In' Melbourne a drunken driver of a lorry, ran down 'a father of six children and his wife as.they walked along the Geelong Road at Footscray, a factory centre near Melbourne. This road has no foot path provision for pedestrians. The wife, who was wheeling the baby of a few months in a pram, was killed, the husband hurt by the mud-guard and the child thrown clear of the road into some husho: The father, a -returned soldier of delicate health and slender means, had only just got employment for the first time in nine months, but his il-star of evil still seemed in the ascendant. The fact that the driver of the lorry has been given two years' imprisonment does not help the victim, This is the first case in which a sentence of over six months has been given for this type of manslaughter change. Convictions are hard to obtain the police say, and evidence more so.
Another case in Melbourne was the killing of a mother and her little daughter as they crossed the road to the Children's Hospital where the child was an out-patient, In both eases the drivers did not, wait to help their victims, but drove off as fast as they could. The lorry. drivers would not have been con-viered if some of the woman's elothing had not caught on the chassis. In the second ease the car driver was pursued by an onlooker, and a realising what he had done, formed a cordon across the street to. prevent his The mob being. emotional him not have hurt his morals, if his skin, As it was the police took care of him and he awaits his tri On Alexandra, the pleasure driv of Melbourne motorists a well known society man found a man the centre of the road o'clock at night. gave some assist late, and the unfortunate man died by the road side. The securing of conviction has cheered the police considerably, but the fact that they themselves have to waste time looking for a hired car, does not put, them on equal footing with these callous motorists.
The Northern Lure The Northern Territory seems have an alluring for the motorists of 1925, There was first of all the Terry expedition which set out with caterpillar cars, but had to return because they could not get a plentiful water supply. Then we Mr. Hopkins of the Territory who with his wife and little dang! ter, accompanied by a maid negotiated flooded rivers and arrived safe in the south, although the maid had her arm broken while aiding Mr. Hopkins extricate the ear out of the bed of a river. Now we heat of the proprietress of a fleet of motor buses operating in Perth, who has with her little gid of five travelled across country from Perth to Brisbane. This is an accomplishment for 'a Tone woman. She said she did not take any special precautions prevent getting lost, she just asked the way where she could till she gor to her destination. She has no fears of attempting the return Journey by a more northern route Yhan that which she travelled to Brisbane.
Mystery of Murdered Man's Identity Melbourne has not had much criminal excitement just lately. The ease of the Gun alley murder was recalled when one of the witnesses sued for damages to her name and property occasioned by the police vestigations of the Colin Ross case. But now they have a new excitement, for those who like the murder type of excitement, A man was found dead in a paddock in Gippsland, the south of Victoria, He was identified as a man called Helms. He was buried and the police were looking to find the murderer, instead they found the man whom they thought had been murdered. They are now discussing the subject of how to find out who was murdered.
The criminal does not always get his deserts, but the brutal wife of a Sydney returned soldier was fated to get hers. 11. W. Collins an ox. attendant of the Rendwick Military Hospital, deveribed the circumstances
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