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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 May 1914, Page 3

Australian News.

fELKCTiaC TELEGIiAi'II, COrYHIUHT.| ll'lilt rKESS ASSOCIATION. 1 (lteceived This Day, U.lu a.m.) ELLIST IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, This Day. A (iuiilaux hydro-aeroplane, the first in Australia, has been imported by Mr Lebbeus Hordern from Iranian's, at a cost oi £lo'oo. THE NEW HEI3IUDES. The ltuv. J. W. MaeUowan launched a scathing indictment of the New Hebrides conditions, in the Presbyterian Assembly, declar ing that the condom inion had done infinite damage to the credit of England and I'ranco. A motion was passed heartily endorsing the proposal that the Commonwealth purchase the French rights. Melbourne, This Day. Between £1100 and £1200 per foot was paid for property in Collins vStreet. The price is stated to be a record. (Received This Day 10.5 a.m.) SMALLPOX. ' Sydney, This Day. Two cases of smallpox have been reported in the city. SHIPPING. The Southport for Auckland. PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. The Pacifique brought new r s of the landing of a punitive expedition at Malekula by the French gunboat Kersaint to punish the Big Nanibus tribe, for attacking the crew of the recruiting steamer Guadelope, when three of the crew were killed and eaten. The arrival of the Kersaint created a panic and the natives fled to the interior, leaving three- sick behind. One confessed that he took part in the murder of the Guadelope's men. He was gaoled. The rest of the tribe escaped into the country which was too rough for the Kersaint's men to follow. Newcastle, This Day. Sailed.—-The Wairuna for Auckland.