Australian Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11525, 15 May 1899, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

(Jnited Press Association. — Bp Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. Eeceived May 14, 5.47 p.m. Melbourne, May 14. A woman named Youngman, residing at Albert Park, attempted to suffocate herself and two children (a boy and a girl) with charcoal fnmes. The woman and the girl were rescued, but tha boy, aged ten, was dead. The woman is supposed to be insane. .Received May 15, 9.30 a.m. Milhourne, May 15. Obituary : Sir Frederick McCtJy, professor of Natural Science at the University. Mis You Dgman told the gaol doctor that she i arod her chibren wouli grow up weak a.iJ unhealthy lika herself, and sHe could not bear to think of tham living and i-l If -ring. This was a delusion, as the cnildren were healthy and strong Tlw ketch Peternell, with Captain Pet' isl-h, a man named Price and a boy (Seymjur) on board, has been missing since a pril 22nd. A thorough search waa made, but no trace of the ketch could be found, aud it is believed she has foundere 1.

Ueceived May 15, 9.45 a.m. Pkrtii, May 15. A'i alluvial discovery has heen made at Mount Leonora Eleven pounds of wash gave four dwts of gold, and an immense body of >tuff equally rich is in eight. A b g rush has taken piace, und the country has beau pegged out for miles around.