Australian Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 September 1913, Page 3

Australian Cables

[ei.eothlc TKLK.catAi'ii, coi'i'iuiuir. j [x*li.lt I'IIF.SS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 0.20 a.hi.) RI'B-EDITOII MISSING. Sydney, This Day. A lick Murray, for tifteen years sub-editor of the Sunday Times, and lately that paper's Newcastle representative, left Newcastle by s!eanier on Saturday, and lias not been seen since. It is feared lie was lost overboard. Ho came to Australia in LSS-') from Dinted in, where he was a reporter on tho Otag-o Daily Times for six years.

COALMINE ACCIDENT. A remarkable escape is recorded from the Pelawmain coal mine. Men were engaged in "drawing top" when several tons of small coat fell, burying them alive. Broken legs and ribs, with abrasions, were sustained, but no one was killed. The coal fell only a short height, which explains the men's escape. "STILL ON DECK." Melbourne, This Day. The censure motion was defeated by thirty-two votes to thirtyone. Eive pairs were recorded. The debate fell flat. POUND IN A TEAPOT. | This Day. A man left a parcel of jewellery valued at £785 in a train. Detectives subsequently discovered the parcel, practically intact, hidden in a teapot under a house. A youth who was a passenger by the train has been arrested, ami remanded on a charge of having stolen the parcel. ' OLD-TIME METHODISM. Melbourne, This Day. A flutter has been caused amongst the Northeote Methodists by the stand taken by tueir leaders against members attending the mayoral banquet and other social gatherings. A series of resolutions adopted by the leaders at a meeting was read from the pulpit setting forth that in view of the great moral and spiritual peri) attached to dancing, Iheatre-going and other questionable amusements all members and adherents of the church were strongly urged entirely to abstain from such amusements. One member, described as one of the ablest preachers iu the district, and also with a reputation at the Town Hall of being one of the most elegant, waltzers on the floor, resigned membership of tlie church. It is anticipated that the young members, except non-dancers, will re-

sign. THE GARB OF OLI) GATJL. The hearts of the Scottish sections of the citizen forces have been gladdened by the announcement that the Federal Government intends to reinstate the kilts.