Deleting rejected files

I want to delete large numbers of Master Images from a project. I should be able to select all "rejected" images for instance, and Delete them all in one move. However I always get a default to Delete One Image. I don't think it has always done this, could it be a bug in an update? Currently I move all the rubbish into a Project titled 'Rubbish" then delete the project but it's a bit of a pain.
Mac Book Pro 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

If you mark the images as rejects, they move to the Library>rejects folder.
I then click on the first one in the folder, and hold down shift whilst clicking on the last to select them all - Then Ctrl+Del to remove them permanatly - Seems to work fine for me.
I am using 1.1.2 on 10.4.7

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