AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 173, 9 December 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

1 A MODERN AMAZON. ) By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. I Adelaide, December 7. I Mrs. Kingston, widow of the late Hon. )C. C. Kingston, a prominent politician, was fined for having assaulted a doctor ) and another man. Evidence showed that j she went about armed with a revolver, ) knife, razor and bludgeon. She used the ) latter and threatened to use the revolver.

SENTENCE OF DEATH. Sydney, December 7. The death sentence was passed on Egan, who attempted to murder his wife, who had left him and was living with her sister. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. London, December 0. Mr. Holman will depart for London in a few days. His mission is in connection with loan-floating arrangements. FIRE AT A PHOTOGRAPHER'S. Sydney, December 7. Fire gutted the largo premises in George street of Messrs. Harrington, photographers. The damage was heavy. TROUBLESOME CADETS. Sydney, December 7. Mr. Pearce is creating a provost staff to deal with recalcitrant cadets, instead of the ordinary police.

A WINDFALL. , Sydney, December 7. Advices have been received that Mr. Montgomery Smart, a passenger drowned on the Titanic, bequeathed liis whole estate to Mr. Towney, editor of the Farmer and Grazier newspaper, and Mrs. Browne, of Sydney. Smart formerly had a cold, storage business in Sydney, and Mr. Twomey and Mm. Browne assisted him. Before returning to America in 1897 he made a will in their favour. Subsequently he became president of the Cold Storage and Shipping Company, and a large stockholder in several other big concerns interested in stock and cold storage, valued at £16.000. Shares in other companies also represent a considerable amount.