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Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1734, 27 April 1895, Page 2

A TERRIBLE DEATH. : Sydsey,. April 24; Alfred Wall, a professional runner, suffering from delirum tremens , escaped from his room, partly dressed, [rushed into the house of a neighbour, and jumped out of the window into the street. Sis head was Smashed to pieoes, and death ensued. .. CITY OF MELBOURNE BANK ' t ‘ Melbourne, April .24.,: At the'half-yearly meeting of the City of Melbourne Bank the reppit showed a loss of £19,700 during the half-year. Deducting from this the balance to credit of profit and loss, account on the previous half-year, there is.still a deficit of £13,300. V WESTERN AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS London, April 23. Sir W. Robinson is urging the Imperial Government to hasten the survey of the'north-west coast of Western Australia, and place the vote for the protection of aborigines on the sande footing as the Governor’s salary. . - . - DoNooit, April 24. The Colonial Office'is unlikely to agree to abrogate the provision secured to Western Australian aborigines under the Constitution Act, though Sir W. Robinson’s efforts to secure a compromise more satisfactory to the colony may possibly succeed. SAD DOMESTIC TRAGEDY . Sydney, April 24. A tragedy, resulting in murder, is reported from Walgett. , Bernard S weaney and his wife had been living apart, but through tliei-mediation of a priest they signed an"- agreement to come together again. . The wife demurred to a certain date-fixed by the husband a quarrell ensued, and Swear 1 ney shot her dead. THE MISSING PAY-MASTER Sydney, April 25. Ernest Liewellyn, pay-master of the Naval .forces and-accountant in the Marine Boai-d, was committed -for embezzling £6O, Government money. The accused confessed his guilt, and since then it has been found that the accounts were short by £2,250. He said the money was lost in unsuccessful speculation. BAYLEY’S REWARD MINE ' v * Perth, April 25. At a meeting* of shareholders .in Bayley’s Reward mine it was reported that gold had been obtained duriug the last half-year to the value of £60,000. Since the mine was opened two years ago £190,000 worth was obtained, of which £126,000 has been paid in dividends. Much better results may be expected when a proper water supply has been obtained, * VISCOUNT DRUMLANRIG ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF INSANITY , New Yore, April 24. The newspapers here announce the arrest of Yiscount Drumlanrig, the eldest son of the Marquis of Queensberry, on a charge of insanity. It is alleged that the arrest was made in order to prevent his proposed marriage to a waitress in California.