AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association.— SIDNEY POISONING CASK. {Rec'ciivctJ June 17. 12 13 a.m.! ■Svn.vi.v. June 16. At the. trial of Mr*. Hnikie. charged with he murder of Alexander Brown.. swr»l doctors gave evidence that he symptoms of Brown's illness were consistent with arsenical poisoning. • RECOVERY OF INCOME TAX. Sydney, June 16. In the Bankruptcy Court, in a te-fct caw as to the right of the Commissioner for Taxation to petition in bankruptcy for the recovery of income tax, the Court held. that the CSutniis&ioner was legally entitled to take such proceedings. THE POWDER EXPLOSION. Svdxkv, .June 16. The explosion of tec condemned powder 1 at Newcastle yesterday, by which two men were killed, is inexplicable, although the theory i.s advanced thai probably a shovel ti'«cd to open a case struck a speck of powder. Die nil were engaged in emptying l"i e:i;-e.» of powder into a trench by the seashore. Mr. Crockett, district superintendent of expio,«ivea, And .i man warned. Zo]j|ji v.-,-!.. [>adly injured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13778, 17 June 1908, Page 7
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