AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10960, 28 December 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[Br Electric Telegp.afh—Cofyi'.ight.]

(Per Press Association.)

SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY. Received Decern!).r -7. at 0.3-5 p.m. Sydney. December 27. T!ii' '■;•.-.• iijii-r >:ni!)!v ha- been restored to UM-ruah

TWO PERSONS UR')WNEL). Adelaide. ])>>:• ■lab-r 27. \ b.i.i- < ar>d/..-d on Lake 'l'.neii.-. and ;> man named lsu-<-h and .Mi-- ln = h w. r- drown, d.

.MINER FATALLY STABBED. Perth. De-ember 27. An Italian named Sib-no fatally .-.tabbed a miner mimed Darlington, the result of the latter calling Sileao a scab.

NEW ZEALAND JOCKEY DEAD. Received December 27, at 0.35 p.m. Perth, Deceinber»-27. The New Zealand jockey, Percival Young, injured by bus mount in the hurdio xaco falling, has succumbed at the hospital. '" A SERIES OF BROKEN LEGS. 1 Received December 27, at,9.35 p.m. -:• iLt-. . -Brisbane!, December 27. At the Oxley races, a horse: struck- a tree and rolled under a.fence- amongst the spectators. The rider and two spectators had each a leg.' broken,, and two jbthers .were injured. ".-.'!

rBROKEN HILL __ '-' ■ - Sydney, December 28. The v Broken""Hill-miners-have re-scinded-.the motion, recently ; adopted, that-in the event;'of a member of the Association being killed in any mine, the whble of the members cease to work for one shift. ' : '.'' -. !

PONTOON CAPSIZES. Sydney, December 28. A pontoon supporting a landing .platform capsized at Moruya and thirty people who were thereby "thrown into the river were rescued with difficulty; ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. : .' < Sydney, December 28. ■• Alice Norden shpt-Robert Lee in the forehead with a revolver" in Alexandria Park yesternight, and- afterwards committed suicide by drinking lysol. Lee is not in a serious condition. They had been drinking together. .

GOVERNMENT HOUSE. • Sydney, December 28. Mr M'Gowen- proposes to_ leave the Governor-General in possession of Government House, Sydney, but to throw the grounds open to the public when his Excellency is iiot in residence.

A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Hobart, December 28. William "Wheeler, a miner, had a terTible experience. He was working in a race alone when a big stone fell, pinning him by the legs. He was not discovered for' six days. Water was passing over the lower portion of his bodythe whole time. He is expected to recover.