AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
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Received 1 a m. HoBaRT. March 1. At tho supreme court to-day, Thom is | Mortnovle was sentenced to two years | nuprisoniii *nt for shoo.mg George Henry 1 K » ght at Newtown, near Hobart, on tin* 20 !i ut. Tin* cvid.'ii • • showed tha' the i accused h id pi idled hu.iself in order to w ch Kni Jit *coid n- wth his w\f»*. and ahs.i *vw bin nu »ri'f* her lie fi.vd and *ho hin d•i 1. I’iie w.fe admitted her in.ids itv. At the inquest on Knight th' j ry strongly ru.o.n um 1 <1 Mor uioy e to mercy. Sydney, Match 1. Arrived, to-night —Waihora from Vuck land. A lady nam'd K> s n died on the voyage from h»:;xrt disease. The body was brought to Sydney. News from the New Hebrides group -.nit s that th tribal wars still continue | '*n the I*l ui 1 of Taun. Melbourne. March 1. A ison Smith claims £15,000 damages from the proprietors of the Age for alleged libel. Received 1140 a.in. Melbourne. This Day. The Board of Wo ks fix s the minimum pr ce of the oon at 98. It wII be placed lo i ly early m M vy. The Victori m Treasurer contemplates reducing the interest on deposits in the Savings Bank to 3 per cent.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 118, 2 March 1894, Page 3
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