AUSTRALIAN.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. THE BETTING MAEKET. BEUTEB'S TELKOBAMB. SrDKKT, October 1. The ship Dharwar from London, with immigrants, has arrived in port. The doctor is prostrated with fever, and the ship has been quarantined. Received October 2. 1.35 a.m. Melbourne, October 1 . An alarming tragedy occurred at the Bank of Victoria this afternoon. Harry ! Thomas, a customer of the branch bank at Healthcote where he carries on business as an auctioneer, entered the city office and mounted a table in the centre of the : chamber shouting "Revenge," then drawing a revolver attempted to commit suicide, firing first at the ceiling and then at his head, inflicting a serious wound which, however, is not expected to prove • fatal. : A meeting was held today at Castlei muine, when resolutions in favor of the : Pacific Annexation were enthusiastically , passed. The following is the latest betting on the Derby : — Archie 5 to 2, OfEcolor 5 to ! 1, Martini Henry sto 1. Cup— Despot 14 ! to 1. First Demon 14 to 1, Legrand 14 to 1, Nicholas Bordeaux 25 to 1, Calmn 25 to 1, Derk Hatteraikk 25 to 1, Dukedom 25 to 1, Pollio 25 to 1, Santa Claus 25 tol.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 51, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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