INTERCOLONIAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVIV, Issue 4412, 16 January 1897, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

Three Brothers Drowned.

Sydney, Jauuttry 13. ' Two boys raroed Kersmke, while bathing a Eufiold, got out ot their depth. A tbiro brother went to their assistance, but all were drowned. Convicted oi". Wife Murder. MtLBOUuNB, January 13. Quin baa b« en lounu guilty of the wilful ntut-der of his wifp. 11 d muted that, ufter be hid married tbe woman vvhum he shot on tbt beach he discovered that abe bud p«eviousl> been married, aud tuny decided to die U - get her. The coroutr (Mr Youle) held tbal the only case in which a uiau was possibly justified tv shooting bin wife, even if she asknu bim to do so, WbS >x ca-ieof adultery, and then was no suggestion uf that in tbe present cise. Bnurery at Sea. Sydney, January 12. During tbe passage round from Melbourne a gallaut feat was performed by a boat's crew of tbe 8.8. Orient. During a heavy gale the Sydney brig Pnillis signalled th»t there was a tcarcity of. food, and that tbe crew weie starving. A boat was imtnedatcly lowered from tbe Orient and provisioned, and after » i great struggle with the mountainous seas reached the brig. It was found tbe crew bad been without tuod for rive d >ys. After great diffiouLy tbe provisions were hauled on board the brig, and theu the perilous trip back to tbe steamer cummeuced. Tbe ship was reached safely, but tbe meu had to be hauled on board one by one by means of lines, and tbe. boat was then cut adrift, as it wav impossible to hoist it. A Swindle Detected. ADELAIDE, Juuuary 12. A clever attempt at swindling bas come to light in connection with the arrest ofaule* graph operator named York. # Several city shareholders recently received wires purporting to be from a well-known moneyed roaD living in tbe country iustructipg them to purchase large parcels of shares in certaiu Western Australian mines, followed by instructions to seli on a risiog market, and asking that bis letters be sent to a city post office address. The postal authorities, however, were well acquainted with tbe gentleman's address, and by lorwardiug the letters to his brother's residence the awiudle was thus discovered, and the police were put on the track. Brutal Murder. . Mei-poubnb, January 13. What appears to be an atrocious murder occurred last, night at Messrs Cooper and Son's ironmongery establishment, Elizabeth street. Brady, , the firm's bookkeeper, was back at work, and later in tbe^ evening tbe doors were found open and Brady lying on tbe floor with bis throat cut through to the Sine, «ud two bullet -wounds in his brad, eceased bad an undischarged revolver in his hand, and the safe was found open. Tbt> medical opinion id that tbe case is one of deliberate murder. Engineers' Strike. Sydney, January 14. Tbe shipowners are unable, owiog to tbe want of certain information, to formulate a reply to tbe engineers' case. The Conference resumes to-day, and it is believed that good grounds for a perrasDeut settlement of tbe difficulty will bo »"""* "*- Adelaide, January 14. tfegotistious between the Adelaide Steamship Company and the engineers are proceeding. Meantime the Utter are called out as tbe vessels arrive. Tbs company have been fairly ■uoMNfal in replacing tbe •iriken with Don-