A TRAGEDY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2348, 2 January 1915, Page 10

A TRAGEDY

BATTERED M'ITH A BEER BOTTLE. s (Rec. January 1, 840p m ) Melbourne, January 1. The search ot a German's bouse revealed a tragody, the result of a drunken orgy. Empty beer bottles litteied the rooms, indicating that a crime had been committed 6e\eral days ago. No weapon was found. It is behoved the victim wa6 battered with a beer bottle, and after the attack wandered about tho Tooms/ and finally collapsing over a chair, tthero he was found STATE REVENUES FOR THE HALF-YEAR (Roc. January 1, 916 p in ) Sydney,- January 1. The State revenue for the half-joar ended December 31, totalled £8,597,408, an increase of £296,524, compared • with the previous corresponding Melbourne, January 1 The State revenue foi the half-year showed a comparative decrease of £72,505.

SOURCE OF RIVERS A DISCOVERY (Rec. January 1,75pm) London, December 81. Doctor Filippi's expedition to Chinese Turkestan' luus discovered that the Shjok River is a tributary of the Indus, and! that with',the'Yorkand River originate m the same glacier, which is twenty-two miles long and live broad. — "Times" and Sydnoy "Sun" Services. DRUGS DISCARDED BY BRITISH PHARMACOPIA. (Rec. January 1, 7 spm) London, December 31. The new British Phannacopia, which comes into operation on January 1, discards 160 drugs, including sarsapanlla, musk; and daudolioh extract.-r"Times" and Sydney "Sun" (Services.

SMALLPOX TWO CASES ON RUNIC. (Rec. January 1, 8.40 p.m.) Melbourne, January 1. The Runic has arrived. She has two patients suffering from 6mallpox. The vessel has been quarantined N.S.W. POPULATION. Sydney, January 1. The New South Wales population is estimated at 1,863,884. PRICE OF BEER (Rec. January 1, 9.16 "p.m.) Sydney, January 1. The price of a pint of beer has been fixed at fourponco and a "long-sleever" at threepence