Second Edition Australian News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1914, Page 3

Second Edition Australian News

I PER PRKBS ASSOCIATION.! £IECTRIC TELEGBAPH —COPYRIGHT. (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) BOXING. Sydney, lhis Day. Stadium's, Limited, has been registered and will control boxing in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Mr R. Baker is managing director. CANCELLED. Several contracts for Newcastle coal, for Mexico, have been cancelled, owing to the crisis. THE BEEF TRUST. Melbourne, This Day. The Hon. J. Cook, in an address, declared that the Government is watching the beef trust, and means to prevent it getting a hold in Australia. A - bill was already drafted to deal with this and other trusts, but as long as the trust did not rob the public it will not be interfered with. A big business was not necessarily a corrupt business. (Received This Day 10.25 a.m.) SHIPPING. Sydney, This Day. Arrived 7 a.m.—The Willoahra. OBITUARY. Mr John Bennett, the oldest theatrical manager in Australasia. He built many theatres, including one at the Thames, New Zealand. ENGINE DRIVER CHARGED. The trial of Peter Irwin, the driver of the train in the Exeter smash, on a charge of feloniously slaying Bray, one of the victims, has commenced. Accused exhausted his right to challenge. The case hinges on the signals. Counsel intimated that the defence would be that the distant '.-signal -showed green, and the fog Av.as run thick for the driver to see tbo iWrtegi'l >'•■■ tJie home signal. The uiifh' -tlkcr gave evidence rbot'ihore ».: no fog, but it was r-rt-V ■■*$&«• could see the back that both signals were at danger. If there was a green signal there would be bar4xvjight to show. ' ~-Other witnesses gave evidence thai there was a dense fog. The case was adjourned. A HUGE PROCESSION. Eight Hour Day was celebrated by a procession that took one hour and fortv minutes in passing a point. Twenty thousand marched in it.