AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 276, 25 October 1883, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

THE WOOLOOMOOLOO OUTRAGE. SUICIDE OF A PUGILIST. ATROCIOUS MURDER. A|DISGRACEFUL SCENE. (Per s,s. "Wakatipu.) Sydney, October 17. The Government offer a reward of £500, and a free-pardon to any accomplice, for information leading r to the apprehension and conviction of the persons who caused the death of Elizabeth .Phillips, the woman who was recently fatally iU-treated by a gang of larrikins m Bourke-street. .-''.,.■ Alfred JMJ'taren, a well-known pugilist, at BaHarat, who was a saloon passenger onboard theSsteamer Cheviot from Melbourne for Sytoey, committed suicide when the vessel was off Botany by hanginghiinself bya leather strap m lns^xj&biri. ■'■*'■■" ".' ■'"*", JA ' A horrible murder has been commit- ; Mne ! ar Prettjr Pine, 10 miles from -©emKquiri.' On Thursday th* body of Myzan, a hawker, was foiiria at the " spot mentioned covered with sheepskins alongside a waggon. The head had V been terribiy.crushgitdth Jaheavyolnb and then further mutilated with a tomahawk. Myzan had a number of oheqnes and banknotes m his possession when he lefliDeniliquid, but none; of them wrefound npon him. A foreigner is suspected' to be the tonrditferT !Isie; poHce declare they are oh his track. A disgraceful scene is reported as ■fcavihg occurred at Ultimo. It appears that two Hrrikin-lopkingvyoußg women had a fight m the hollow of a? vacant piece of, land on the east side ; of HarriMtreet. Girls (friends, of the nghters) acted < as seconds. The combatants fought for a considerable time. There was, a great desparity m their sizes. Both were severelypunished about the face. I'he heavier, brie,' however, had the advantage, and, ■when a correspondent came upon the sceney iad her opponents Jiead.in chancery. Th^eVe were »bout 10p r people watohiiig the fight, comprising old and a joiingx)£ both *, sexes, many of whom were respectably dressed, This is the., third known fight that has taken place m the locality "between women within the last mopth./ J