AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
GENERAL ITEMS. (/V/' P/r.vv Asmu-Kiti'iji—l 'n/ii/ri'/fil). Mklp.oi kxk, This day. At the inquest oil the body of Hurst a verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence, which showed death was due to syncope, the results of wounds accidentally inflicted by himself. Mrs Hurst was discharged from custody. There has been heavy rain in Gippsland. The rivers are in high flood, and the destruction of the maize, hops, and potato crops a,re great. Railway and telegraphic communication is interrupted. Thi-kshav fsi.AMi, This day. Mr Cockbotirne, manager of the mining battery at Home Island, was twice shot by a man named Harris, who afterwards shot himself, (lockbourne's wounds an; not serious, but Harris cannot recover. Harris was recently discharged for drunkenness.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 241, 8 February 1897, Page 3
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123AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 241, 8 February 1897, Page 3
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