AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 January 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] Welcome Rain. Keceived this day at 9 45 a,m. Sydney, Jan 27. Good rain is falling in a large portion of the State. Arrival of the Moana. Suva, Jan 27. Sailed last night the Moana for Brisbane. The Colonial Secretary and family had a great send off. The Commissioner of Works and Captain Baison are also passengers. The Bubonic Plague. Pbbth, Jan 27. A youth named Murray employed in a oyster saloon at Fremantle has developed plague. Domestic Tragedy. A domestic tragedy occurred at Brownhill. Johann Wegner was summoned by his wife for maintenance. He went to her house and shot her dead as she opened the door. Tho son and father then exchanged shots but neither were hit Wegner then returned 10 his camp and suicided.

Bash Fire. A bush fire did much damage in the Esperance district. Labor Platform. Sydney, Jan 27

The'Labor Conference adopted as a fig>|ing platform the main'enanco of ' TVnite Australia," compulsory arbitrction, rjdjage pensions rationa.isation of J3Gffl)ply, citizen defence force, res'riction of public borrowing and navigation laws. Germany's Methods. Sydney, Jan 26.

Speaking &t the Regatta luncheoa yesterday, the State Treasurer had a tilt at Germany, He said that while the Germans were loud in ridiculing Britain's inability to speedily ternr'nate the Boer War, the attempt of the Germans to take Venezuela fort was not creditable. One had to make several attempts before succeeding. If the Germans had the same task to perform as the British in the South African campaign, it would probably have lasted very much longer.