AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9100, 19 March 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

(Eteottic Telegraph-Copyright —United Press ■ Association.) SYDNEY, March 18. The Anniversary Regatta, postponed from January, was brought off to-day. There was fine weather. > The yacht race, 30-rating class, was won by the Sunbeam, with the Janet second and Magic third. With the exception of the Janet the yachts got away together. The Sunbeam gradually crept up on the Fleetwing on the run to Manly, rounding the buoy in third place. Squaring for home the Sunbeam ran away irom the others, and led to the finish. Comparing times, the Sunbeam won with a minute and 57 seconds to spare from the Janet. A young man named Elwyn Richards, son of a well-known squatter near Forbes, shot his father and mother as they lay in bed. He next attempted to shoot his aster, and finally shot himstif dead. The father is dead, and the mother is desperately wounded. The details to hand are meagre. SYDNEY, March 19. The quantity of wheat exported from Australia to South Africa this season is estimated at 450,000 bags. (Received March 19. 9.40 a.m.) Richards, aged 23, blew the top of - ( his father's head off. His mother jumped from bed and ran away, but he shot her in the back. His sister escaped through the gun missing fire. Money matters and a love affair are. supposed . \.u be the cause. . ! So far there has been no delay to ship- I ping through the lock-out. The news of many large steamers arc engaged in coaling-* There is little likelihood of other unions becoming involved. PERTH, March 19. A girV named Ottey was acquitted on : a charge* of killing her father. I A first-offending drunk was ye-sterday at Tolaga by Mr A. Reeves, J.P., convicted and "discharged.