AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
fBEUTEBB TELEOBAMS.] Mblboitbnb, November 23. John Geggie, Customs aijent, stands committed for trial for defrauding the Customs. Accused had obtained the duty from his clients, and. passed entries falsely for the goods ns free. Miss Eliza Taylor, whose name is notorious in several cases of illegal practices, has been found guiltj of the man* slaughter of Julia Warburton. Sydney, Norember 23. A shocking tragedy occurred at >ewtown on Tuesday, when a man of guud social position, named Arthur Blytb, engaged as a teacher of mathematics at Newihgtewn College cut his wife's throat with a razor and then took his own life with similar means. A crime of a like nature took place at Albury the same day, when a tuati named Siedbert shot bis wife and then himself. he Sydney Morning Herald's correspondent telegraphs from .P<>rt Darwin that hundreds of diggt>r* are re^ularlj! Icariiiii lCimbcrlt>y. Nothing i« doin^ in alluvial minim;, but he pxjiects the reefs will yield a good return. Aboui 500 will see the season through, aud tut field will be thoroughly tested.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 62, 25 November 1886, Page 2
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177AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 62, 25 November 1886, Page 2
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