INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10598, 19 February 1896, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. >LISON SMITH'S LIBEL CASE. Melbourne, February 18. Argument in the Alison Smith v. Syme appeal case ha 3 been concluded and the decision reserved. '

! DECLARED INSANE. ] On tha strength of the medical evidence i the jory found Mrs Hoylan (who made a j murderous attack on ber children, from which oao of them died) insane, and she is being detained in a lunatic asylum. three Sisters drowned.Sydme*. February 18. j Thres sisters named Ilsley were drowned while bathing at Buoton. i THE DEAN CASE. Meagher's appeal in th» Do&u conspiracy charges will be argnod en the 28th inst. MURDER IN NEW CALEDONIA. i . News from Noumea reports a startling murder in the public park. Two Europeans, who were apparently asleep at the time, were decapitated with an American axe. Tho assailant ia unknown. HEAT IN ADELAIDE. Ad'3l,a.ids, i'abruary 18. Yesterday was tbe hottest day on record for February, the thermometer registering 110 9. Mr' Peacock, ex-mayor and one of the most influential men in Che colony, died of heat apoplexy. . THK TOWNSVILLE CYOLONE. i .. Bbisbane, February 18. Many vessels which foundered during the cyclone at TewnsvUle have been floated, including the steamer Alexandra. The floods at EoofehamptoD hare caused serious damage to the navigable portion of the river. There has baen a great erosion of tho banks, acd Satellite channel is a third j wider than before. A RICH LODE. . Hobabt, February 18. A rich lode of tin has been discovered at a town called Qsuids, 172 miles from here.