AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 114, 30 September 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE GUEEX-EVED >. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Jii-ibonrne, September 28. Charles Davis in a fit, «[ jealousy, fired a gun at a girl named Babba. The shot missed Babba, but the charge struck another girl muiied ilorberir and wounded her dangerously. Davis then placed the muzzle of the gun to his mouth and shot himself dead. THE VvREX.V LIBEL CASE. Sydney, September 2S. The Wrenn libel action hinges on whether l.«dylike and Truelove are (wo different ponies. VlaintilT s.ivK Ladylib' is not Trnrhiv.'. ami defendant siris. Donahue, jsnnajr:* of Yiriori.vPark racecourse, gave "videnee that Truelove had been dy. d the.-dnut. The dye had worn off the hodv but was still on the tail, Asked if he had seen Imm«s dyed, he slid that he had seen twenty or so in Sydney, and was sc.-ry to say that most- of them eame from Melbourne.

I MORE RURGLARTES. Sydney. September 28. The l)ur«liiry Imnm is unabated, and j ease* arc reported daily. THE PET, \\v matx etre. ■Sydney. September 2-. The fire at. (lie TVlaw l\f;iin i-iiiic has been traced to a shot igniih:':' fn a i i i THE WIiAKATAXK AOHOIJXD. Adelaide. September 28. The steamer "Whilst l ane. in attempti»jr to avoid a collision with a enHi«r, grounded in (lie channel at Toil; l'ivie. Attempts to get her off have been futile. UNBTSCTPLTXED CADETS*. Melbourne, September 23. There was a dw'ivaceful scene on parade when twenty cadets, refusing to obey, attacked and severely handled a oolour-sersreant and four non-conmiis-sioncd officers.