AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10958, 26 December 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

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AUSTRAL/AN TRAGEDIES. Received December 121. at 5.5 p.m. Brisbane. December 24. A young woman named Holyworth, employed in a boardinghuuse at Ipswich, was found in her room with her throat fatally cut. A man named Jenner lias been arrested on a charge of murdering her. Sydney, December 24. The child Bray, one of fjie victims of the Lcichhardt tragedy, has succumbed from the effects of the poison, Received December 25, at 5.5 p.m. Brisbane, December 25. Jenner slexit on the verandah near Miss Holy worth's room door, which he forced. A blood-stained razor was found in the yard some distance away. .MR HARRY RICKARDS. Received December 25, at 0.25 a.m. Sydney, December 24. Mr Harry Rickards' - remains . were brought- from -England and buried in-i Waverley Cemetery, .There was a large' cortege and many floral tributes. POLITICAL CONTRETEMPS. Perth, December 24. The Assenfbly declined' to accept, the Council's amendments to the Arbitration Bill. The Council stood firm and the Bill was thrown out. ' The Attorney-General declared that the.Council, having declined to accept a tribunal of peace, the responsibility of any industrial upheaval that might arise rested with it. Sydney, December 24. A lengthy Cabinet meeting, Mr Willis being present, discussed the Speakership tremble. Ministesr and Mr Willis declined to disclose the proceedings. Received December 25, at 5.5 p.m. Sydney, December 25. It is believed that as the result of Saturday's meeting the Cabinet has given Mr Willis to understand that tlie present position of. affairs in the Assemblv must not continue.

OBITUARY. Melbourne, December 25. The death is announced of Canon Tucker, a prominent Anglican. SMALLPOX MYTH. Perth, "December 25. The supposed case of smallpox on the Mindaro has been diagnosed as chickenpox. YOUNG VANDALS. Sydney, December 24. Five youths have been arrested in connection .with the fire in the Woolloomooloo public school.