AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 17036, 10 December 1915, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

‘ THE; STANMORE TRAGEDY. By Te'.egrsph—Ptcis Awociation—Copyright. (Received December 9, 10.40 p.m.) ■ V SYDNEY, December 9. John Tucker has been sentenced to death tor the murder of his wife and her brother at Stanmore on June 13. A plea.of insanity failed. DOUBLE POISONING CASE. ‘ ' (Received December 9, 10.40 p.m.) MELBOURNE. December 9. .At the adjourned inquest on A. E. Greenwood-.and-Lottie Williams, who vreriv'found dead, in a. room on October 22. a verdict , was returned that the poison' was administered by Greenwood with the intention of killing himself and Williams.; . ‘ t SIDNEY'S LORD 31AYOR. 7 (Received December 9, IU.IO p.m.) . SYDNEY. December 9. * Tn the selection of-the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Hogan and Aldern\an- Richard .Meagher, the only two candidates, tied. The meeting was adjourned for n week in order to obtain a, legal opinion- as- to the position. Prior to the election,'the council, on Alderman Gunter’s- motion, decided to reduce tile Lord Mayor s allowance from £ISOO to £IOOO.