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JP^Sj- ' — ♦ — " I ; General's Booth's reoeptiom [■ Sydney, November lf^6ea#ilj /Booth's jeception was an imposing spectacle. 3lhere was a great con*i course of people and he w#B received) [in the Town Hall by the leaditg oiti-; x£L :■:■■■■■ ■■= '■-.< '>* r : J^Sefisational divorci oas^
Sydney, November 16. — A divorce case of a sensational character has occupied the Courts for some time in which Mrs Paterson sought a div(j|e^ from her husband who is a leading dentist. ) .< > *
A damning letter written by; the petitioner to a private detective offering a bonus to any one entrapping her/ husband was read in Court And caused the sudden collapse of the case. I
Escape of prisdners. Sydney, Sunday. —WHildt Oonstatl^ Scaly was conveying two prisoners by train they attacked and nearly killed him, subsequently their effecting escape.
Midland railway arbitration
Sydney, Sunday.— Among the passengers by the Mararoa which left for .Auckland are Sir Bruce Burnside and Sir Chas. Lilley.
Oonspiraoy. Sydney, November 17.— 1n connection with the Gunnadah sensation the girl Ethel Wright, who made the charges, went to the police station last night and made a full confession, stating that Roberts, whom she accused of placing poison in the flour bin was innocent.
She implioated her uncle named Glash, who bad given strong evidence against Eoberts. After the confession was witnessed i by the magistrate Wright and her uncle Glash were arrested on a charge of conspiracy and locked up, the latter maintains his innocence. " | TorE in pieces by feharks. | Sydney, November* 17. — Bailey | lighthouse-keeper at Jervjs Bay, was fishing with his two little boys' frooi rocks some distance in the sea when he was washed off and torn to pieces by sharks before the eyes of his ohildren. The latter were subsequently rescued. Sad tr&gedy. Melbourne, November 17,-rA sad tragedy is reported from the south. A single woman, Catherine Tait, was found hanging in a bath-room in the house in which she Was lodging. Her twelve months old child was found smothered in the bed. She left a letter stating that she smothered her darling. If the father of the child had given her his name the tradgedy would never have happened. A wound in the woman's neck showed that she first made a determined attempt to cut her throat with a knife and scissors. Bowling. Melbourne, November 17. — The Victorian Bowlers hafe received an invitation from the Northern Boating Association tv visit Auckland in February.
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Bay of Plenty Times, 18 November 1895, Page 2
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