AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, July 22. A charge of bigamy against Mrs James has opened. The defence set up is that she was never married to James, had never been in New Zealand, the children were not hers, and that her sister was the wife of James. James stated he met her as Nellie Stone, thes a house and parlor maid at Mr Rolleston’s, when he was Minister of Mines. Accused was married under the name of Drummond, stating that Stone was an assumed- name.
Melbourne, July 21. By a series of clever frauds Reuter’s Company have been robbed of about £IOOO, by means of forged cable messages. A clerk has been arrested.
The Victorian Racing Club intend to raise the bookmaker-.’ fees at Flemington from £25 to £lO to £IOO and £3O.
Perth, July 22. Willis has departed for South Africa. He returns in about a couple of months. Brisbane, July 22. A fight occurred between natives and a German expedition Bent: to investigate cannibaliem in tho Nan. district, New Guinea. Three Europeans were slightly wounded. Five of the attacking natives were kitled,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1514, 24 July 1905, Page 2
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