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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 3, 4 January 1902, Page 3

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PEB FBES3 ASSOCIATION. Adelaids, January 3. A mysterious tragedy in reported from Tawitta. In the middle of the nigbt a man the room in which two Bisttis named Schippan were sleeping. The elder escaped, and when she returned with assistance she found Bertha, aged 14, dead, with a] terrible gash in her throat. The assailant had gon'j. The parents of the girls were away on a visit, j Perth, January 3. Mr William O'Brien rectived an enthusiastic welcome. Speaking on the aims of the Irish party in the House of Commons, hs said he was not going to say the liieb people would be satisfied with Home Bute as proposed by Mr Gladstone. They might want more. They would not be satisfied till they saw the Government purchasing the rich land in the centre of Ireland for settlement by sturdy peasant yeomanry. Sydney, January 3. j The Agent-General advises that he lis negotiating (with Mr. Chamberlain i for the appointment of a new State Governor. Considerable difficulty is experienced in obtaining a suitable appointment owwjf to the reduction of salary, BidsiHNE, January 3. The revenue for the half-year is .£2,300,000, an increase of £76,000 as compared with thdprevious corresponding half. The exo- 8» of revenue over expenditure is ahoikt £50,000, Received 4, 1.7 a.m. Adelaide. January 1. The Schippan girls were awakened by the man throwing himself across their bodies. Th« e'd r girl jumped out of bed, and the ra>m grapple! with her, and knocked her head gainst the wall. In tho s rug.i'e the assailant dropped a knif°, and while groping for it tho I girl escaped. Two brothers sla< pirrg \n an adjoining building were f'ighteied and sought assistance htlf a mile Vway. Besides the gifih in her throat \be girl Ba>tha was gashed ahout the beat). No clue to tl o murderer haR been found.