AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SMALLPOX AT SYDNEY. EXECUTION IN MELBOURNE. A STRANGE OCCURRENCE. (pee pbess association). Sydney, August 28. A easo of smallpox is reported from luverell. The patient is a Cingalese. Mklkoobne, August 28. Condon, convicted of murdering an Indian hawker, was executed to-day, death being instantaneous. He protested his innocence to the last, and is believed to have made a statement to a clergyman implicating others in the crime. This Day. The Government intend to persevere with the Income Tax Bill as drafted. It provides a tax of 3d to Is according to income with an exemption up to two hundred. A singular occurrence is reported from Mount William near Lancelield. A huge body of water fell near the house on the summit of the Mount on a fine evening. About an acre of ground was torn up and a torrent of water, several feet deep, and a hundred feet in width rushed down the eiile of the mountain. Dunedin, This Day. A woman named Annie Currie, residing in North-east Valley, attempted suicide last night by cutting her throat. The injuries she inflicted are not of a serious nature.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 51, 29 August 1893, Page 2
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189AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 51, 29 August 1893, Page 2
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