AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13334, 24 March 1911, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

STABBEO THE POLICEMAN. Millie Williams, a native of New' Zealand, described by Sergeant Mankey ar “one of the worst women, if not 1 the worst woman, in Sydney,” was charged with n« ing indecent language and ala)" with assaulting a constable. The woman was drunk in Liverpool Street on Saturday night week. When the constable arrived on the scene, the proceedings became quite dramatic. “Have at you!” said the woman, drawing a long, dangerous pin out of her hat, and facing the constable. “Don’t lay a hand on me or I’ll give yon quo.” .She brandished the dangerous piece of steel, but the constable, nothing daunted, closed with her, and with a desperate thrust she drove the hatpin through tire fleshy part of his finger. The weapon was soon wrenched from the woman, but she was not to be suppressed. She kicked and fought, and spat at the constable all the way to the police station. The Bench fined her £3, or a month, for using tire indecent language, and £5, or two months, for assaulting Constable Downey. ARCHITECT SHOOTS HIMSELF. Albert Cuthbert Graham, 48, a Government' architect, shot himself in the head and left breast at his home, “Netherby,” St. Mark’s road, II and wick, on Saturday night, March 11, and died in Sydney Hospital early on Sunday morning. Graham, who lived with his father, was a single man. He had been despondent and in illhealth for the past two months. He went to bed about half-past 8 on Saturday night, and soon after midnight his niece— Edith Stedman—who slept in the opposite room to Graham, heard a noise, and wen.to his door. He wa s breathing heavily, and she opened the door Isading iuto his room. Ho was lying on his back in bod, with a revolver containing two recently discharged shells clasped in his right hand. Blood .was flowing from bullet wounds in the centre of the forehead and left breast.-'The Civil Ambulance removed him to Sydney Hospital in an condition after he had boon seen by Dr. Wall. CHINESE RUNS ALIGSC. An exciting incident occurred on board the steamer ‘’Strathan on March 5, while t.h-c vessel was on a voyage from Durban to Newcastle. Captain Kidd reports that a Chinese seaman named Ah Long appeared. to go suddenly mad, and ran amok among the members of the crew. 'Hie outbreak” took place in the forecastle, and >;i Long, without any warning commenced to slash around with a heavy knife. In a few moments several men were wounded, although not seriously. Mast of the crew managed to.get out of the way, and when Captain Kidd, attracted by the uproar, went into the forecastle, the Chinese made him 'the object of an attack. The captain received the rush, and was cut on the knee. The chief officer came to the rescue; and ho was also slightly hurt. Eventual'/ Ah Long was overpowered, and locked in a room on deck. Afterwards lie was to be removed to the poop.. Ho started to walk in the desired direction,.but suddenlybolted along .the deck, and sprang.-over the side. Although'search was. made for him, no trace of the man was Afterwards. TORNADO AT ADELONG. A tornado struck Adelong at noon on March 13. Huge trees were unrooted, and limbs were Twisted and strewn like straw. Bain fell in torrents. Gin being recorded at Mount, Horeb. After the storm, hail was lying about in heaps resembling icefloes. Sirs Gorman’s hotel was unroofed, and also O'Brien’s butchering establishment, while all the buildings in the vicinity wore more or less damaged. The Adelong’ Creek came down a banker, and did great damage. At Shepardstown the rain was heavier than at, Adelong. The rear of Wills’- Commercial Hotel was demolished, and Tatker’s house was unroofed. The roof of an ouChousc, weighing half a ton, was blown bodily from the Oddfellows’ Hall to the Post Office yard, a distance of 30 yards. Ryan’s house was blown down, and the contents destroyed. A TRAVELLER DROWNED. ; Charles Bruckner left Melbourne at 6 o’clock on March 13 for Brnthcn, in a two-horse buggy, with Messrs Coachman and Brown, two commercial travellers. They arrived at Bruthen all right, but on the return journey found a deep creek, about a quarter of a mile from Brnthcn, flooded. In endeavouring to get through, the • buggy capsized, tho horses wore drowned, and Bruckner was carried away :in the torrent. Coachman and Brown wore rescued by a man on horseback.