AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14611, 19 February 1908, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Press. Association—By Electric 'holograph—Copyright. A BROKEN HILL TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, February 18. A man named Kirk, at Broken Hill, shot his wife dead with a revolver and afterwards wounded a man named Locking, it is believed fatally. Kirk has been arrested. The cause of the tragedy was jealousy. A PLEA FOR THE NATIVE-BORN. Protests are being made against the appointment of Mr Mackay as electrical engineer to the City Council when Mi Wylie, a native-born, possesses practically equal qualifications. THE FEDERAL TARIFF. (Received February 19, 12.57 a.m.) MELBOURNE, February 18. The Senate reduced the size of packets of tea upon which 2d per lb duty is levied from 201 b to 51b. A CYCLONE. BRISBANE, February 18. A cyclone at Barcaldino demolished four premises and damaged a number of others. A similar occurrence at Chillagoe did damage to the extent of £IOOO.