AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9183, 6 April 1910, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

DOUBLE DROWNING FATALITY.'^ A sad drowning fatality occurred at \ Kindra woolehod tank, three miles from \ Coolamon (Australia), on March 27, when Alexander Campbell (27) and John Campboll (20). brothers, who were share farmers on the Kindra Estate, were acci-' dentally drowned, together with a valuable draught horse. It appears that in the afternoon the younger brother drove the horse attached to a- dray into tho tank for the purpose of giving the animal a drink. The animal went into deep water and sank. The occupant of the dray was unable to swim, and the elder brother, who went to his assistance, became exhausted, and both were drowned. No one saw the accident, but their parents became alarmed at their sons' absence, nnd a search was made for them. They wero trnced to the tank, and indications were found of a serious accident. The matter was reported to the Coolarnaii police, and Constable Hoaley went to tho scene, and in a couple of hours had both bodies recovered. The bodies had been in the water for several hours. Both deceased hailed from Victoria. They were hard-working, industrious young fellows. MINERS' DELEGATES RELEASED. After having served about half the sentence imposed by Judge Heydon. two of the miners' delegates. Messrs E. Frith and D. Williams, have been released from tho Ea-t. Maitland gaol. Williams, who roceivccT an extension of time to pay (.},'■ fine- of £100, had been i.m- ■ pri.-/;nod only four weeks, and Frith, v. ho. in consr-quc-nco of failing health, v,?!s rjot am-sted until March 16, was under treatment, in the gaol hospital during- tho whole of his incarceration, ar.d in stii! ill. questioned concerning the remission of the sentence, the sf&ol aufhoriti'.-; replied that they could give no reason. They simply received a telegram from Sydney to release the rno.'!. The minor.--' officials intend to make a (Icu-rmnu-d effort to secure the reload of the other delegates. CABIN BOY SHOOTS HIMSELF. John M'Caidie. cabin boy on tho sreamer English Monarch, was found at Newcastle lyirig ; .n his bunk with a. bullet, wound in his right breast. A five-chambered revolver, loaded in four chambers, was picked up on the table in the cabin. Sergeant Turnbull was summoned, and he asked the lad how it happened, and received the reply, "I will tell you all about it after." The boy was removed to the Newcastle Hospital, where he was admitted in a dangerous condition. At the hospital the lad made a. confession. "I did it myself," he said. "They put a Chinaman to sleep in the same cabin with me. I could not stand sleeping with a Chinaman. That is the reason I did it."