AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 310, 5 July 1898, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(by electric telec.raph.—copyright.) GALE ON THE WESTRALIAN COAST. Perth, July 2. A heavy gale is raging along the coast, and fears are entertained for the safety of several vessels. A GHASTLY ACCIDENT. Sydney, July 2. Mr Brown, an excise officer, head cut off by falling under a steam tram. THE PERTH TRAGEDY. Perth, July 2. At the inquest on the body of Lancaster and wife, the jury returned a verdict that Lancaster murdered his wife while his mind was unhinged. The son stated that he found the bodies early in the day, but did not report the crime to the authorities until late at night. He had tried in the meantime to sell the information to the papers. (Received July 4, 9.22 a.m.). FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT. Sydney, July 4. The steam pipe of a tram motor burst and caused a panic among, the women passengers, several of whom jumped on to the roadway. Mrs Hall was fatally injured and two others slightly. A FATHER'S MAD ACT. Melbourne, July 4. A farmer, named Lewis, living near Beechworth, in a fit of aberration jumped SO feet into a well with his 13 months' old child in his arms. The child was drowned and Lewis slightly injured. THE WRECK OF THE GRAFTON. HOBART, July 4. The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Grafton, has been found to have proceeded irregularly. The Government have, therefore, returned the captain's certificate.