AUSTRALIAN CABLES
WATER AT BROKEN HILL. HUSBAND KILLED BY INSANE WIFE. VIEWS OF THE EASTERN QUESTION. SMALLPOX IN TASMANIA(Per United Press As__ci«v.Vv».) By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY-, Aug. 4. Full work has been resumed at the Central Broken Hill mine. BRISBANE, An*?. 4. Alice Deverell has been arrested at Proserpine for shooting her husband dead. 'It is believed she is insane. The Earl and Countess oi" Lonsdale have arrived here after m extensive tour through China and Japan. Ihe Earl states that he very much doubts if Russia will ever evacuate Manchuria. In Japan there is,n very strong feeling in favour of. war with Russia, but, he added, the Japanese were suffering from an acute attack of " swelled head." The Australian manager of the Japanese mail line states that OWIUg to increasing trade the company intend to replace two stealers now running to Australia by lar«oi' v-rd faster vessels* LAUNCESTON, Aug- 4 - Three fresh cases of smallpox are reported, bringing the total since the outbreak up to iifty-nine. HOBART, Aug. 4. The captain of tho s.s. Paparoa refused to take the mails for N^v Zealand, even though fumigated.
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Southland Times, Issue 19116, 5 August 1903, Page 3
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188AUSTRALIAN CABLES Southland Times, Issue 19116, 5 August 1903, Page 3
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