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The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 3

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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1 AnRSfinnn jvJ Luu UUdL 7P p) U5 l. II. 1 II 1 1 1 HnvM IVnUlot- Tho body of a voman was found in a shallow, sandy gravo in tho South Coast town of Win-dang near Vollongong, yesterday. She had been battered about the head. If was the second murder in the Wollongong-Port Kembla area in a week.

found the body 1 blanket which thev found in bushes nearby. They closed off a vehicle track which leads into the sandhills from a public road. Last Safllrdav nt Wnllnn. gong a 45-year-old cleaner, Mrs Wilhelmina Caroline Kruger, was mutilated by a 4.1 Tt! I'll uiaiiictu in uie riccaauiy shopping centre. A senior detective said last nieht: "At this staue there is nothine to link the But police said there was so far no evidence to the two murders.

The dead woman was Giorgina Radoicovich, 35, of Fairy Meadow, a hamlet three miles north of Wollongong. Police believe she is married and the mother of two young girls. A 12-year-old boy found her bodfy while playing in sandhills about 100 yards from his home about 9 a.m. The boy, David Walster, of Ocean Street, Windang, ran home and told his father who rang police. The partly covered body was found at the foot of a 40ft sandhill, about 300 yards from the ocean.

The area is littered with old car parts. Blanket found two murders." Detective-Serceant Lindrum, of Wollongong, is in cnarge of the Sailing here wC'L BRISBANE, Saturday. The freighter and passenger ship Eastern Argosy left Cairns today for Sydney. Eastern Argosy was re floated during the week, after runninu nernnnd nn Windang is about three PULHJt, looking for clues rake through the sand at Windang where .1 Clack Reef, off Cooktown on January y. I woman ooay was jouna yesieraay.

a im a ci miles south of Port Kembla and is a popular surfing and fishing spot. r-. i III mm i The woman was last seen alive about .10 o'clock on 0. T'N I a ixillclv Thursday night. i i i il Yesterday afternoon half a dozen local police.1 under IN Sergeant G.

A. Collard, of Wollongong, began to sift rxn fo) nrn through tons ot sand around the murder scene. mm Gusty overnight winds prevented them from finding any footprint, traces on the sandhills. Sydney will have another cool day today with cloudy skies, but no rain is expected. Police took possession of Units at 48 now available 1st NATIONAL FLEXIBLE TRUST (M.5.VJ.) Investors will obtain an interest in a large professionally managed portfolio of fixed interest securities and shares in leading Australian companies," selected for their record of profits and capital growth.

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Ml BULLI A Weather Bureau spokesman said last night Sydney's temperature would range from 62 to 71 degrees seven degrees below normal. Winds would be southerlyfresh for suburbs near the coast. Seas would be moderate. Sydney yesterday had an overcast day with temperatures eight degrees below the normal maximum. Weather conditions were showery and only a few people visited local beaches.

WOLLONGONG Oj FROM TRAIN A teenage boy was killed when he fell from a fast-moving electric train at Strathfield yesterday. Police found the boy's body near the tracks between Strathfield and North Strathfield railway stations at 1 p.m. He was Robert Hugh Haugh, 13, of Dan Street, Eastwood. Haugh was travelling with two friends to Hornsby. Told guard Police said he fell from the train after it had travelled a short distance from Strathfield.

His friends ran and told the guard as the train entered North Strathfield railway station. Police from Strathfield were calfcd to search the tracks for him. PT. KEMBLA At 8 a.m. the temperature in Sydney was 70 degrees.

But by 11 a.m. it had dropped to 69 degrees. Dozens of small craft were buffeted by winds up to 30 m.p.h. on Sydney Harbour. Many were overturned by wind gusts, spilling their crews into the water.

Boats were aground on rocks at Dobroyd Point, Elizabeth Bay and Chowder Bay, In distress The police launches, Valiant and Nemisis, were kept busy answering distress calls. Heavy rain fell in most parts of the State in the 24 hoars to yesterday morning, bringing relief to drought-stricken areas. Up to two inches of rain was recorded in some parched areas. Heaviest inland fall was at Ashford, in the northwest, where 207 points were noted. ONE-LEG FIRE VICTIM A one-legged man was severely burnt when his bed caught fire in a Kir-ribilli private hotel yesterday morning.

The victim, Alan Kent-ley, 66, was admitted to Mater Misericordiae. Hospital with first and second degree burns on one-third of his body. Kentley told firemen he dozed while smoking in bed. The caretaker's wife, Mrs C. Morris, who was sleeping a floor above the room occupied by' Kentley, gave the alarm.

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