GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 173, 16 April 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY. Sydney, April 15. An investigation of Spencers papers disoloscd the fact that his real name was 'iuck. and that he recei7:d regular remittances flom England, It is believed vimt he was connected with the famous business house of Hut name (? Raphael Tuck and Sons) in London. The reason for- Hie crime is not apparent. Quantities of pewcilery and money in the room were untouched.—Press Assn.

I'Spencer was found murdered in his Hal, in Elizabeth Street. The circumstances surrounding his fate arc at present a mystery.] THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.' St. John's (Newfoundland), April 14. Continued unfavourable weather has further postponed the transatlantic aeroplane flight— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WAVE OF CRIME IN MELBOURNE. (Roe. April 15, 11.30 p.m.) Melbourne April 15. The wave of criminal violence continues. An hotelkeeper was knocked senseless after he.had been at the Mooueo Valley races, and robbed of £500— Press Assn. •'' ■'" ' THE QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY. (Rec. April 15, 9.30 p.m.) Brisbane, April 15. Mrs. M'Veigh was arrested nt Allora last week on a charge of murdering her three children, and committed for trial. A doctor gavo evidence that tho accused told him that she had Quarrelled with her husband, who had threatened to leave her and take the children away. Rather than submit to that she determined to kill the children. He believed that the woman wa3 insane—Press Assn.