ALLEGED FRAUD BY AN ENGLISH BUTCHER. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received November 4th, 5.54 p.m.) LONDON, November 3. Judges Lawrence and Kennedy, of the Queen's Bench Division, reversed the de cision of the Blackpool Justices in the New Zealand Government's action against a butcher for selling River Plate mutton as New Zealand. The case was remitted to the Justices with instructions to convict, unless there were other grounds for non-convictiou.
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United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE PLAGUE AT xuiISBANE. (Received November Ist, 9.43 a.m.) BRISBANE, November 3. A girl named Moore has been attacked by the plague, and removed to the children's hospital. A RELIEF CREW. FREMANTLE, November 3. Tlie Austral brings a relief crew for the warship Tauranga. SHIPWRECK OFF THE QUEENSLAND COAST. BRISBANE, November 3. The German ship Drehna, bound from Brisbane to Townsville, struck a reef in Flinders Channel, and is probably a wreck. The crew are safe. ALLEGED MURDER. (Received November 4th, 541 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 4. Alfred Jones was committed for trial on a charge of murdering Alfred Pitman near Moree. Pitman waa shot through the head. There was bad blood between the two, and Jones made an incriminating statement.
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