Australian.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3033, 20 October 1888, Page 2

Australian.

Melbourne, 18th October,

A disgraceful sceno occurred in the Legislative' Assembly last evening during a discussion on the Now Electoral Bill. Mr C. E. Jones, one ot the members for Ballarat East accused the Premier of being drunk. Mitchell's joinery works in Burnley Street wero partly destroyed by fire to-day, damage to the extent of £20,000 being caused. Sydney, 18th October.

A very severe drought is being experienced throughout this colony,' and will likely prove almost 'unexampled in its effects, and the outlook is consequently very gloomy, In the agricultural districts the crops are a partial or entire failure, and the condition of all junds of stock is very low. A great colonial disaster can only be averted by an early and copious rainfall. Melboubne, 18th October.

For the Caulfiold Cup, 1400 to 200 has been taken about Bravo, and 100 to 15 is offered; 10 to lis offered about Spude Guinea, Plutarch, and Charmor; 5000 to 800 has been taken about Stanley, >3OOO to 120 about Lockesloy, 1000 to 100 about Charmer, and 2000 to 100 about Pakelia. At Caulfiold this morning Malua displayed his old brilliancy, completely running over Carbino in a mile and a half spin. Spade Guinea covered the (Jup distance in excellent style. Stanley, Crown Brand, and Nowmaster, also did good work.

3 WHITECHAPEL MUKDERS. 1 Particulars from the London I Press. J The Loudon paps just to hand . contain some particulars concerning the earliest of tho Whitechapel murt ders, which have been reported by ' cable. We take the following from : the Evening standard of A ugust 81: » scarcely has the horror and sensation ! caused by tho discovery of the mur- , dered woman in Whitechapel some ! short time ago had time to abate, than another discovery is made i which, for the brutality exercised on i tho victim, is even moro shocking, and will- no doubt create as great a sensation in the vicinity as its predecessor. As Constable John Neil was ! walking down Bucks row, Thomas ; street, Whitechapel, about a quarter to four o'clock this morning, ho discovered a woman, between thirtyfive and forty years of age, lying at ; (lie side of llio street with her throat 1 cut right open from ear to oar, the instrument with which the deed waß done tracing the throat from left to right. Tho wound was about two inches wido, and blood was flowing profusely, iu fact, she was discovered to bo lying in a pool of blood. She was immediately conveyed to the Whitechapel Mortuary, where it was found that, besides tho wound in the throat, tho lower part of her person was completely ripped open, The hands are bruised, annd they bear evidence of having engaged in a severe struggle. Sorno of tho front teeth have also been knocked out, and the face is bruised on both cheeks and very much discolored. Deceased wore a rough brown lilstor, with Urge buttons in front. Her clothes are torn and cut up in several places, leaving evidenco of the ferocity with ; whioh the murder was committed; i Several persons in tho neighborhood 1 state that an affray occurred shortly i after midnight, but no screams were j heard, nor anything behind what I might have been considered as evi- i denco of an ordinary brawl. Tho 1 woman has not yet been identified, i She was wearing workhouse olothes, ard it is supposed sho : oame from i Jjftmbpth, A iiightwatchman was in i the street where the crime was com- i mitted. He heard no scream and ! saw no signs of the scuffle. The body i was quito warm when brought to tho 1 mortuary at half-past four this morn- j ing, An opinion is gaining ground ( that tho murderers are the same who i opinmitted the two previous murders 1 near tho same spot It is believed [ that these gangs, who make their s appearance during the early hours of f the morning, are in the habit of I blackmailing these poor creatures, t and when their demands are refused c violence fellows, Buoks row ia anarrow [ passage running _ out of Thomas- v street, and contains about a dozen j houses of a vsy low class. It would r appear as if a murder were commit- I tod ii|ahouse, aud the body .aftor- a

wards removed to the place where it was found, the nature of the abdominal.wounds being such that it would bo hardly possible, for tliem to bo inflicted while tlio deceased was dressed. < Tho body : was " warmly clad. . The latest particulars , show the police have no other theory to account for the horrible murder discovered this morning than that it is tho work of a lunatic, who is at large in the neighborhood. This also is the general opinion in the neighborhood, aud the inhabitants of the whole district arc almost wild with excitement. Many people are afraid to go out of doors, and when night falls people will be afraid to venture out. The dead woman is about thirty-five years of age, dark hair, small features, of tho avorage height, and well nourished, The first cut in tho body was probably the earliest one inflicted, and the wretched victim probably started from her murderer, causing the knife to penetrate the groin and slip across the left hip. In all probability the woman then fell, when her assailant, with one desperate cut upwards, opened the body from the groin to the breastbone. Then tho wounds wore inflicted in the throat. Here, again there were two outs, one reaching from the left ear to the middle of the throat, and the other a separate and distinct gash passing from ear to ear. The ferocious character of the wounds certainly justifies the belief that tlio poor woman was attacked by a manaio. They could not have been inflicted by tho victim, nor . are they likely to have been the work of several hands* With regard to the weapon used, the current . belief is that the murder must have been committal with a butcher's knife. This is the third murder of a woman which has takon place at Whitechapel, within twelve months, In each case the victim was put to death by stabs or cuts, and when found was either dead or so near death as to be incapable of giving anv clue as to who had attacked her.