AUSTRALIAN.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 21, 16 March 1897, Page 2

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THE. BUTLER CASE. Sydney, March 12. , The Mayor has received a letter from Lee Waller’s brother, resident in Capetown, thinking the'authorities for their energy in arresting Batler, and asking for further information. He mentions that Weller’s solicitor is Mr Donaldson*-of London. CHARGE OF MURDER. Sydney, March 12. Three men named. Romsey, Pittman, and Smith, and two women named Fraser and Odea, were arrested on a charge of the murder of a man named Anderson, who was found dead in the bottom of a shaft at Broken Hill. The tragedy was the outcome of a drunken orgie. ‘v

SIR T. ELDER’S' BEQUESTS. Adelaide, March 13. Sir Thomas Elder’s bequests are divided hs follows r—Medical School Adelaide University, {20,000 ; Chair Music Advelaide University, £20,000; Adelaide University, £25,000 ; Adjl-Ude Art Gallery (to be spent woolly in pictures), £25,000 ; Prince Alfred Colle3e, £4,000 ; Anglican College, £4,000; Presbyterian Church of South Australia, £6,000 ; to found workmen’s hoires, £25,000: and £25,000 in sums ranging from £I,OOO to £2,000 amongst the local hospitaL, charitable and educational institutions. COSTLY PESTS. Sydney, March 13. At a conference of pastorausts to discuss thi proposed Rabbit Destruction Bill, the Minister of Lands stated that the Government had expended over £831,000 in attempts to exterminate the pest. Nearly one thousand miles of wire-proof fencing has been erected. •