AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 59, 5 March 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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HARD TIMES AT BROKEN HILL

SYDNEY, March 4. The Customs revenue at Broken Hill for February showed a'decrease of £65,000 on the January receipts. THE DUFFY MURDER. BRISBANE, -March 4. The jury disagreed in the trial of the aboriginal Billy, charged with the murder of $Liss Duffy, a governess at the house of a man named Wilson, and he was remanded till next sessions. The Crown entered a nolle prosequi in 'the case against Mrs Wilson. . jEEBITUARY. MELBOURNE, JMarch 4. A private .cablegram . announces the death at VladX-Fosteck^f Max Hirsoh, well-known art Victorian public life. He was correspondent for the British Board of Tiwle in Victoria, and was on a tour of the world at the time, of his death. MORE SMALLPOX. FREMANTLE, March 5. Another case of- smallpox h&s'broken out on the steamer Paroo. THE LADY MILDRED. MELBOURNE, March 5. The Court iountl ■ Capt. Wills, master of the Lady Mildred, guilty of reckless and -careless navigation, and suspended liis master '.s -certificate for six months. '