AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9119, 19 June 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Kloctrio Telegraph Copyright,

ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Received June IS, 10.11 a.m. MELBOURNE. June 18. _ The jury returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of the shooting of Rosier by Dunn, his brother-in-law, at Elsternwick, a suburb of Melbourne. Dunn is said to have ill-used his wife, who at last left him end weni to live with her brother Rosier, a gunsmith. Dunn called at Rosier's house, and after quarrelling Rosier was said to have taken up a gun and shot his brother-in-law through the heart. Rosier stated that the gun exploded. CHARGE OF MURDER. Received June 18, 10.11 a.m. LAUNCESTON, June 17. The boy Robertson, aged eight years, has been committed for trial on the charge of murdering his baby brother. A cablegram yesterday morning stated that the boy beat his brother about the head till he died and then hid the body in a hole by the roadside.

SYDNEY POISONING CASE,

Received Juno 18, 11.5 p.m. SYDNEY, June 18. Mrs Baikie, charged with the poisoning of the man Brown, in the course of a lengthy statement from the box, said that she bought sixpenny worth of arsenic. Brown took it from her and threw it into the fire, Baying that "it was dangerous stuff to have there." That wai all she knew of the poison. She declared that Brown drank quantities of ale and spirits, and would not take doctors' medicine. She did all she could for his health. The jury retired at 6 SO. They returned with a verdict of "Not Guilty."

BRAYBKOOK RAILWAY DISAS-

TEK. Received June 18, 11.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, June'lß. At the Braybrook inquest, the engineer Milburn, who repeatedly broke down, deposed that he tested the brakes when lie took charge of the engines. They were in perfect order. Approaching the distant signal at Sunshine the speed of the train was fifty miles per hour. He applied the brakes and they appeared to ;grip properly. He reduced the speed to forty miles and then the train jumped forward again. He applied the emergency brakes, but they failed to act properly. Milburn denied using the wnrds after the accident: "There was no one to blame but myself."

HIDE MARKET,

Received June 13, 11.16 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 18. Hide? of all classes are firm, ar.d there is good competition.