AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1804, 18 October 1888, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, October 15. A lunatic, 1 horned Spellacy, confined in Ararat Asylum, murdered an.lher patient, named Poster. The murderer hacked his victim's body terribly with a spade. October 16. Sailed—Te Anau for the Bluff. A fire broke out ; at the Bpender Street Railway Station this afternoon through the bursting of a lamp. The luggage room was destroyed, but the station buildings were saved with some difficulty. J. L. Hall, the well-known actor, died suddenly on Sunday."- He had been suffering from a pulmonary complaint. Sydney, October 16. In the year 1864 Dr Drunimond, an English .medical practitioner, bad his diplomas atolan, and most searching inquiries failed to secure the recovery of the missing documents. For soma years past a doctor of the «ame name has enjoyed i lucrative practice at the town of Ashfield, in New South Wales, on the suburban railway line, bat in some minds there has been a doubt as to his bona fides. The Medical Board of the colony, after making the necessary inquiry,, summoned this Dr Drummoni before them, but since this invitation 1 was issued the pseudo medico has been. missing, and it is alleged that he has, decamped with £6OOO, a portion of a legacy left to his wife, Brisbane, October 16.

: Sedatn, the Malay who ran amuck at Normanton some time ago and murdered several whites, has been sentenced to death,