Second Edition.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 September 1911, Page 3

Second Edition.

LATEST CABLES. -——« »* l>v ELECTRIC TKLKORAI'Ji— [Flit PREBS ABSfwiATIOH/J (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) A SISTER'S CRIME. LONDON, September 28. A Coroner's jury has returned l a verdict of " wilful murder" against Edith Bingham, whoso brother, James Bingham, keeper of Lancaster Castle, died from arsenical poisoning. Tilie bodies iof Bingham's father and sister have been exhumed and the presence of poison has been discovered.

INJURED AT CRICKET. SYDNEY, This Day. Macka.y, the well-known batsman, is retiring from first-class cricket. He met with an accident some time ago, and this seriously affected his eyesight. A GOLD DISCOVERY. SYDNEY. This Day. A rich wash, yielding five ounces per load, has been struck at Ophir Creek, Orange, where Hargreaves made tlio first discovei-y of gold. THE LTBERTE. SYDNEY, This \Day. A local French newspaper has started a fund to relieve the relations of the victims of the explosion on tho warship Liberte. LITHGOW STRIKE. SYDNEY, 'fliTs Day. At the instance of the Minister of Works, a conference of tho two parties in the Lithgow strike was held in Sydney to-day. SYDNEY'S NEW THEATRE. SYDNEY, Tris Day. The City Council is calling for tenders for the construction of a portion of Victoria Markets into a theatre. INCREASE ON FREIGHTS. SYDNEY, This, Day. Overseas shipping companies havo decided to increase, from next week, freights on greasy wool from fiveeighths of a penny t'o eleven-six-teenths of a penny; on scoured threefarthings to thirteen-sixteenths. Freights on tallow and hides have been increased by 2s fid a ton. The advances are due to recent increases in waterside workers' wages and other changes.