AUSTRALIA.
[retjter's telegrams.] SYDNEY, July 30. Libel Cases. In the libel action brought by Dr. Birmingham, a Eoman Catholic priest, of Wagga Wagga, against the Sydney " Evening News," defendants have consented to a verdict for £SOO. BRISBANE, July 26. Three important libel actions are ponding. One has been brought by Mr Hemnant against tho " Observer " for £SOOO damages. The other two informations aro laid by Mr Ooote, a journalist, and Mr Perkins, Secretary for Lands, against the " Evangelical Standard," damagos being laid at £IOOO and £2OOO respectively. Alleged Wholesale Child Murder. A telegram is to hand from Rockhampton stating'that a nurse] girl, while out walking with two children, carelessly dropped one into the river, and then, it is further alleged, drowned the other two in order to prevent their telling. An inquiry is being instituted by the police into tho reported crime.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2286, 30 July 1881, Page 3
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