AUSTRALIA.
[Special to Pb^ss Association.]. . , • CONFESSION OF MURDER." -.'.' : PERTH, Jan. 4. A miner na^ned David Thomas has surrendered himself to the police at Bamboo Creek, He stated that he had murdered his mate, James M'Queen. They had quarrelled over , some liquor which. M'Queen had forcibly taken from others in the camp, and Thomas shot him dead. After failing to burn .the body he buried, it. An important discovery of quicksilver has been made' near the Great. Boulder mine. . ■ , . ' A LARGE .NUGGET. A nugget of gold containing HOoz has been found near Kalgoorlie. TERRIFIC HEAT. The heat at Coolgardieds intense. On Saturday it registered 112deg in the shade, and five deaths from sunstroke have been recorded, with the same number of partial cases. The theatre has 1 had to be closed, owing to the heat. ■ A HURRICANE, v ! BRISBANE, Jan. 6, A disastrous hurricane is reported from St George, where fifty houses were unroofed and many were levelled to the ground. A number of people were injured by falling dSbiis, but none seriously. '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5455, 6 January 1896, Page 3
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