AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Evening Star, Issue 14184, 8 October 1909, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

According to .Mr Trivet!, the New South Wates Statistician. 42,912 deaths from tabercidar ihsoase have taken place in New DOUth YVales dm nig the past thirty-three h j? ln;nU '“ l ' f f >mde< who died was “>v3oj »ncl of females 17.532. The death rate was -“lightly holier in the country than in the mctropelitau area By the dear, at the a- of ‘eighty-five of Mrs Knuherley tb: (f0ui1.,,-;i -iUl\ul ha 3 testone of tae remaining links which connected it n-.fl, the 10-Ira-aging period. Th c CowmereMl Mote!. C, was estivbhsbed by t)ie Kirr.W.ky-. ami thc residence ot .Mis Ki'iihtnley there coveted a period of sixty yea'ii. Th.: hotel was sevc. rai lunca Vl. Sited by the (filbert and Hen Ma t gang, and on one occasion Mrs Kimberley was compelled at the point of a revolver to produce thc cash box. On another occasion the gang had twculv-sixmen bailed up in the Kir of the hotel* (filbert tolcl Mrs Kimberley that she had nothing to be at raid ot. and that she would not be hurt. Hall however, put a pistol to her hea4 and demanded all the n.onev in thc house. Mrs Kunhotlev had the moimv in the pocket of her apron, and. drawing it out, threw it on (he counter. Hairrojeeted tin? aod chc'juos. Ratine that they wore of m> use to him. Mrs KimherK’y, displaying «reat presence of mind in ,i situation which would have terrified most women, seized tile paper money, declarin'-' that if it was no good to a bushramrer hj YYas to her. Hall was so -truck with her promptitude that he exclaimed - You re a plucky old woman.” It was on this occasion that Constable Nelson, to whoso memory Sir Joseph Carruthers had a monument erected at Collector a few roars ami. was shot by the outlaws, the tragedy ta.king place within a few yards of the hotel I he spectators at Wirth’s Circus at Kilmore (Victoria) last, week were provided with a sensational act, for which they were as unprepared as the management. A brief encounter tcok place between the lion and a kangaroo, which ended in the kangaroo being stretched dead on the floor of the cage, the animals had gone through various • turns ” in the reluctant manner pecnliar, to wild beasts. It was noticed that the lion was in a bad humor. He showed his teeth repeatedly, and his trainer had considerable trouble in getting him to go through with his part of the programme. A pony which was brought into the iron cage was fully sensible of the lion’s illtemper, and pawed against the hare in ifT r ’ “‘Coring to get out. .Meanwhile, all heedless of hts fate, the kangaroo gently hepped around. His restless activity served only to further enrage the lion. *and the spectators could plainly see that troubh was coming.. Many of them went out, and the trainer endeavored to hurry through the act. Suddenly tho climax came. T'lie lion sewed the kangaroo and buried his fangs tn his flesh. Tlio fight lasted onlv a few minutes. Thc kangaroo kicked desperately but another snap of the lion’s jaws ended the unequal combat. Tha Acting Chief Justice and a jury were occupied for several da vs in hearing a claim for damages arising out of the collapse of a circus tent at Orange. The action was brought on behalf of a g i r ] Roasanna Teresa Lehmann. She was at Wreth Bros circus, when a wind .storm :\r™. ,l 7 1 i he u W f S bW " down, and " UP ° n her hcad ' 11 tos denied sf h ol ar ! y ne ffhgenco in taking steps for securing the tent, and that the ic cident was duo to the unusual severity of the storm, which caused the king pole to m ap. Ihe jury returned a verdict for MK, Lehmann, and awarded her £I,OOO dam'a gee.

A young lady visitor residing at Beechworth House. Qiieenscliff, E ome time ami when walking along the Ewan Island beach' picked up several silver coins, th© majority o, which were corroded together. TheV were dipped in an acid composition anil oh-ansed. The coins consisted of four 1816 e ißl7 U lßlc) thrCe ?- f T h ‘ ch W tk 1819 respectively, and the other pences, dated 1839 and 1846. A sensational incident occurred at a noliucal meeting addressed bv Mr J T (Ml lings, Labor candidate foi-Toombni. Queeml' land. During the meeting a member of the audience interjected frequently. Some •?L th " ere rather *l»m>n.il and while Mr Cokings was speaking on old ago pensions an interjection aroused Ms anger Jumping from the platform, he h ° by thc throat. \ rough and tumble” on the floor ensued and two policemen were obliged to separate the men. Subsequently Mr Ceilings re sinned his speech. ° re ‘