AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 306, 20 May 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CONDEMNED TO DEATH. By Oable—>Press Association—Oopyrieht. Melbourne, May 19. William Smith, who quarrelled with his wife while in a state of drunkenness and murdered his three-year-old child in •her temporary absence in order to spite her, has been sentenced to death. FEMALE IMMIGRANTS. Sydney, May 19. Mr. Holman declares after investigation that the reports concerning the neglect of female immigrants during the voyage have been grossly exaggerated. INCOME TAX. Adelaide, May 19. The High Court has decided the Federal servants are liable for State income tax. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Sydney,. May 19. Arrangements have been made'by the Australian Wireless Company to receive messages for the public from vessels at sea. A SENSATIONAL ESCAPE. Adelaide, May 19. A prisoner under sentence for horse stealing made a sensational escape from gaol at Port Darwin. After threatening the guard with a hoc he dashicd into the bush and disappeared. GOVERNMENT QUARRIES. Sydney, May 19. The Minister for Works," Mr. Griffith, opened the Government metal quarries, which are estimated to effect a saving of 20 per cent.' ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF COURT. Hobart, May 19. The editor of the Hobart Mercury has been cited for contempt in the High Court for having published a leadeT declaring that Mr. Justice Iliggins was a political judge. COLLISION WITH A HULK. Melbourne. May 19. The Federal trawler has been extensively damaged by colliding with a coal hulk. UNIONISTS AND NON UNIONISTS. Adelaide, May 19. The Gawler implement workers declared the strike off. marched to the factories, and agreed to work alongside non-unionists.