Australian Summary

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 79, 2 January 1892, Page 2

Australian Summary

Melbourne, December 24 A sensation was created amongst members of the Gr elong Artillery corps on Saturday, owing to the terribly sudden death of a. member of the band named John Boadle. A lively march was just being played, when the deceassd suddenly fell forward and stretched out dead. He had been ill with influenza. The cause of death was the bursting of a blood -vessel of the brain. Georgina Duggan. proceeded against Geo. M. Black. M.L.A., at Sydney, for support of four children'which Black admitted having had by her. There had been .twelve children, five of whom were dead, and up to a short time ago defendant had paid 20s per week to the woman, and now offered 10s for each child. The , plaintiff asked for 15s. An order was made for the payment; of 1.2s 6d for each of the four children, with the costs of the case. Blaok admitted ■ that as a member of Parliament ha got £300 a year* and •that he had been 'engaged a year on the Bulletin at £5 a week, besides which he earned something for contributions to other papers. ' A very rich tin discovery has been made near Jlempsey, on the M'Cleay river, The wash in all the alluvial ground yet prospected has given the ex» traordinary yield of 101 b to the dish, In one portion of the ground a large ruby tin lode has been found, which assays 75 per cent. A case of leprosy has been discovered in a Sydney suburb. The sufferer is a lady, who has been removed to the hos» pital. Excitement has been caused at Ecliuca by a man named Robert Phillips Stainea stating at the police camp that he had attempted to murder his wife. The prisoner had gone to his wife's mother's 'residence, and deliberately made three attempts to out his wife's throat with a razor, inflicting severe wounds, and would probably have succeeded but for the thickness of the collar and selvage of her dress. If the cut had been oneeighth of an inch deeper it would have had a fatal result. Mrs Strike's mother attempted to protect her daughter, and received several cuts on her fingers. A boy named Kent rushed in and struck the prisoner with a whip, and raised the alarm, when the prisoner made off, going in the direction of the police camp. The prisoner is 60 years of age and is wife 19 . They had been married only three months, but lived separately. — Post's correspondent.