AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
(Per an. Tarawern at the Bluff)
(UNITED PRKBS ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, May 6. The territorial revenue returns which ' have been com pi- -ted to 31at March show au excels of A'15,000 over the estimate, i On Thursday last His Excellency the Governor received a telegram from Admiral Trymi intimating: that all Naval p-iiHioders and all officers and men of Him Naval and Military Reserves be required to hold themselves in roadiness to be called out at short notice. Bnnif-H, the murdernr of J. B. Slack has made a full confession of his guilt,' accompanied by an appeal for clemeucy. £1 is c*h« was voiiKiMer<?il Uy the Execa-*---live Council yesti-nUy, and it was r»«8ol-^ ved that the last penalty of the law be carried into effect on the 15th inatant. In hu cotifeßsion he atutea that he received in formation that .Slack possessed certain jewellery. He entered the hous* iuU-ndinjf burglary, but Slack awoke, and in the struggle the murder was committed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 135, 13 May 1885, Page 2
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162AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 135, 13 May 1885, Page 2
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