NEW SOUTH WALES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1900, 24 July 1888, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES.

V ; Svdnby, July? 23;,„ The Minister for Justice has stated that discrepancies have been discovered m the evidence given at 'the trial m regard .to . the Mount Rennie affair, especially as to the connection of the youtha Donnellan and Hill with the outrage. The evidence respecting the. other men is now being examined.

It has been discovered that the Minister of Justice was m error !in stating that there were discrepancies m the evidence regarding the. Mojjht Rennie outrage, m connection with Hill and Donnelly. There is no"discrepancy m the evidence, so far as tbey are concerned, but there is every reason to believe that Newman, Miller, and Keegan were m no way connected with the actual crime for which they Were punished. Judge Windeyer, who tried the men, is now finally considering the, j whole case. - A slight' trace of arjsenic has been found m. the hody of; the man Andrews, exhumed for medical examination after the suspicious death of Collins, his wife's second, husband, a fortnight ago. The quantity of arsenic discovered is thoughr to be insufficient to form a base for a charge of murder agai_st the woman. No irace of arsenic was found iv the child's body, which was also exhumed for, examination. _ The ketch Australia, which left Sydney for the Solomon Islands on November nth, has not been heard of since. Fears are entertained for her safety.