AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1563, 30 September 1886, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

» TICTORIA. i’ About tli-* beginning of the month « young ar i't ct, named Henry Saxon Snell died in Melbourne from the effects of poison, Apparently self-administered He must tare been in low pecuniary circumstances, as he had pledged a box <<f instruments for 3s two days before bin death. . Several days after his death the architects.appointed by the Committee of the Women’s.;Hospital to examine the designs for the’Genevieve Ward wiog nf the institution, selected the one sent by him. By the selection of his design h*was entitled to the first premium of £IOO A. fatal Accident happened recently in the bush near Sarafield. A man named Young was engaged by himself in getting logs for sawmills. He had two heavy logs on the dray, when, getting bogged, he onyofeed ten bullocks to pull one log off the dray. The log fall off suddenly, and struck ; him on the legs, breaking his right leg io two places and bis left leg above the ankle. He cooeed for a long time but no one was near, and he managed to crawl along by almost superhuman efforts and get on the shaft of the dray, and to drive the bullocks towards the Sawmill, near which his makmet him. 'tie bad lost a good deal of blood, and had 6hly sufficient strength left to state what had happened to him. * He wns placed on a sheet of hark and took into Bairnstall during the night, but . be died almost immediately afterwards.

NEW SOUTH WALES. An immense crowd assembled outside the Sydney Water Police Court on Sept. 17th, in anticipation of bearing the Moore Park outrage case. The mob filled the street, interrupting all traffic, and as soon is the doors were thrown open the com t was crowded to suffocation by nn unsavoury mass of larrikins. Mr Marsh at once ordered the court to be cleared, greatly to the disappointment of the lovers of sensationalism. The f en mmi— Leslie Douglas, John Fuller, Nicholl Don nellan, William Hill, George Duffy, Michael Mangan, William Newman, Hugh Miller, George Keegan, and Charles Sweetman—were then charged with having committed a criminal assault on Mary Jane Hicks, at Mount Rennie, on Sept. Bth, and were remanded. A terrible tragedy was enacted io Brisbane street, Sydney, on September 20th,

X man named Josephs was boarding in that street, and shortly after two o’clock became in, apparently for dinner. At the same table were thr°e other persons— William Lipman (tailor), David Lecky (a hawker), and Samuel Hebblewhite. Without saying a word Josephs drew a revolver from his pocket, and in quick succession fired several shots at the group, and then ran out, slamming the door after him. The noise attracted a number of

neighbours and a constable, the latter of whom at once gave chase and succeeded in capturing tbe roan, upon whom was found a six-chambered revolver, the whole of the barrels of which were empty. He was taken to the Central Police Station, where the prisoner said to Dr Westman that the men had used bad

language to him, and he therefore felt impelled to shoot them. He also stated that it bad been his intention afterwards :to commit suicide. He exhibited traces of madness, and declined to answer any He was examined by two doctors, , who pronounced him sane. When the police arrived at the house where the shooting affray look place, it was found that the three men were all badly wounded, and they were removed to-the hospital. Lipman had a bullet wound of a serious nature, traversing the .abdomen, and bis condition was critical. Levy is badly injured in the back, whilst •/ Hebblewhite was more fortunate, having only received a slight wound in the arm. The condition of the first named was considered so critical that their depositions wore taken. Lipman died next day. -Another meeting of unemployed has been held. Owing to the large number of railway navvies who have been working bn. contracts, now finished, as well ss bush bands, who have been discharged from stations, and come to Sydney, the ranks of the unemployed have been considerably swelled during the past month. In' addition to . these, an immigrant steamer arrived bringing 700 persons. Under these circumstances fully 1500 men of the laboring class are out of work. At the meeting arrangements were made for holding a larger one, at which a petition is to be signed calling upon ttovernment to immediately proceed with ■ ■ some of the railway line*, and on Parliament to adopt and estab'ish a protective tariff. At the Central Criminal Court on A.ug. ‘ 20th, Jeremiah O’Sullivan was convicted of the murder of hia infant ch'ld, Ursula Margaret O'Sullivan, on January 20th, at jPeterehaw. The case presents several extraordinary features. O’Sullivan is a man about 35 years of age, and a groom. Last year he married a young woman while his wite was still living. His second wife was approaching maternity when he married her, and O’Sullivan was thought not to be the father of the child. He -knew of this fact, and shortly after the .child was born, he attempted to kill it with chloroform, but was prevented. Shortly afterwards he made a second attempt, which proved successful, and he was sentenced to death. When prisoner was brought before the Court in March last, but the Jury found he was not sane enough to plead.

repeal of the Act for the prevention of contagious diseases, and presented a petition signed by 4800 me., of Brisbane, urging legislative action to remove the evils arising from its working. Special reference was msde to the increased age nt which girls might be considered consenting parties to immora' action, on which point Sir S. W. Griffiths said he was quite in accord with the views of tl.e deputation. Thirty-seven petitions hare been presented to Parliament this session, asking for a repeal of the Act, and a strong agitation baa been maintained throughout the colony by various denominations to support these requests.