AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2498, 14 July 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

|By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

Sydney, July 13. Louisa Collins has been arrested on suspicion of having caused the death of her husband, who died at Botany, on Sunday last. The Land Tax Bill has been passed by the House. Sydney, July 13. The analysis of the stomach of Collins disclosed the presence of large quantities of arsenic. The body of Andrews, Mrs Collins' first husband, and that of her child who died at the age of four and a half years in April last, will be exhumed for examination. Adelaide, July 13. The ship Star of Greece, Captain Harrowei, bound for Great Britain with a cargo of wheat and two passengers, has gone ashore near Wiilsinga, 30 miles south of this uity. The weather is still very rough, and the ship has broken in two. Four of the crew have been drowned, and only one has so far succeeded in reaching the shore. There are still tweuty souls on board the illfated vessel, and they arc in great peril, for it is momentarily expected that the ship will go to pieces. Adelaide, July 13.

The football match English team against South Australian, was won by the latter by six goals to three. In the Assembly a Bill lias beeu introduced extending the franchise to women over twenty-live years of age. Melbourne, July 13.

The official report on the recent military and naval manoeuvres has been presented to Parliament, and speaks highly of them,

At the Waterloo Cup Meeting to-day, the Cup was won by Lincoln, the Purse by Devouia, and the Plate by Rocket, Brisbane, July 13.

A Chinaman has been murdered at Watsonvilie, a mining centre, and a countryman has been arrested on suspicion.