AUSTRALIAN.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7866, 18 May 1891, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(P__S3 association telegbam.) Reoeived Max 16th. 11.15 a.a_ SIR GEORGE GREY.

Mblbourne, May 11. Sir George Grey has consented to address a large meeting at the invitatiou of the Trades Hall. j THE LOSS OF CRAIGBURN. i The inquiry into the loss of the Craigburn has begun. Tbe Captain admitted that he had taken some liquor going down the bay, but he insisted that he waa not drunk, but was perfectly capable of performing bis duties. If the tug's hawser had been properly fastened the disaster would not have occurred. POPULATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, May 16. The population of the colony is 313,000. Reoeived May 18th, 12.50 a.m, PEDESTRIANISM. Stdnbt, May 17. The Twenty-five Mile Championship Walking Handicap was won by McCune, of Now Zealand; Harris, of Victoria, second; and Morshead, of New Zealand, third. " MURDER OF A WOMAN. Hobabt, May 17. A terrible murder has been committed at Richmond, where a woman, Mrs Ogilvie, was found with her head partially blown off. The body had been thrown into a river. A young man named Cooley has been taken into custody on suspicion of hsuving committed the crime. The supposed motive is that the husband of the victim had been subpoenaed as a -witness in a criminal charge pending against the prisoner, who was out on bail