Australian.
MURDER, DELIBERATE AND COLD BLOODED IS ONLY MANSLAUGHTER IN VICTORIA. CORRUPTION IN QUEENSLAND SYDNEY, Dec. 13. Lord Hopetoun will land at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday. Out of consideration for the Governor-General's health there is a possibility of the procession being abandoned. A feature of the arrival will be a maritime display, the Admiral having given his consent to a j proposal, which originated with tho I Steamship Owners Association, for some twenty steamers to meet the warships five miles outside the heads, and escort H.M.S. Royal Arthur to the landing place. MELBOURNE, Dec. 13. The Ballarat murder trial has terminated in McKinley being found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife (a Fort Chalmers woman) by hacking her about with a knife. Be was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. BRISBANE, Dec. 13. * In the House of Assembly, on the motion of the Premier, the NormantonCloncurry Railway Bill was discharged in consequence of the Judge who inquired into the matter finding that attempts had been made to bribe a certain person, having influence, to promote the passage of the bill.
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Southland Times, Issue 14813, 14 December 1900, Page 3
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181Australian. Southland Times, Issue 14813, 14 December 1900, Page 3
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