AUSTRALIAN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8659, 23 October 1896, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per Press Association. RIFLE SHOOTING. Sydney, October 22. At the National Rifle Association meeting, Lieutenant Keating, who attended the rifle meeting at Uamaru, won the Queen’s Championship for the fourth time. His score on the present Occasion is 370. McGregor and Parsons, the New Zealanders, scored 348 and 333 respectively, and each received a prize of £5. WRECK OF THE DAYSPRING. The mission steamer Dayspring is a total wreck off Newcastle, New Caledonia. Six of the crew are missing. So far as can be ascertained the Dayspring had no passengers. She left here on the 6th ult. with her usual cargo of stores, and struck a reef on the north coast of New Caledonia a week ago. The captain, mate, engineer, and seven others landed safely, but a boat with six of the crew is missing. The vessel, which is quite new, cost about £12,000, and is believed to be only insured for half her value. A STRANGE TRAGEDY. Brisbane, October 22. A curious tragedy is reported from Townsville, where KirtOn, a chemist, and Martin, manager of the United Insurance Company, were found dead dn their bedroom over Kirton’s shop. Kirto'n had a effort ■ tim'd prdvlbukly'

sent to a neighbouring chemist for prussic acid. The theory is that he had given his friend an opiate, which had acted fatally, and then finding what he had done, had poisoned, himself.