AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9645, 11 March 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, March 10. Arrived : Star of Victoria from | London. Sydney, March 10 Makin and his wife wore found, guilty of child murder, the latter beingr recom mended to mercy. Sentence was deferred pending the settlement of points of law reserved during the trial. Resigh Martin, a journalist, has been arrested for promoting an alleged swindle in disposing by Art Union of properties in the estate of Laidman Mort. A furious southerly gale, with heavy rain, has been raging during the last two days. Railway and telegraphic communication beyond Ilawkesbury lias been interrupted, and the low-lying country around Newcastle is flooded, the police having to rescue people in boats. Newcastle, March 10. A large portion of West Maitland is under water, and many hundreds of people are homebss. News from up the river states that the river has risen 39 feet, and is still rising. It is the greatest flood ever known here. It is expected, at Bransetou, that two brothers named Russell and a man named Howitt, were drowned, Two men Hunt and Wall were drowned at Leith and a man named Kuhn perished at Raymond Terrace. A steamer, believed to be the Federal, from Melbourne is ashore at Stockton, about a mile from Newcastle, on the northern side of the harbor. A lifeboat and tug are standing by her. A fearful sea is running outside. The captain of the brig Hebe, from Sydney, found his vessel was unable to live, and drove hor ashore in order to save life. She became a total wreck, but the crew were. saved.

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