AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 6 January 1912, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NEW .ASSURANCE .COMPANY. fe* J ■' r i i: ; . ‘ '• (Received 6, 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, January 6. The* Australian Amicable Assurance Association is being formed with a capital-of-a quarter of-a--million, *divided ifitoi |iv4 thousand) slnn-cp, of wlitch two ‘ hundred thousand are offered to the public. NEW ZEALANDER RETURNING. (Received 6, 10.10 ami.) Sydney, Jsmuary 6. Mr Myers, Wellington, has returned from, England. He sails for New Zealand to-day. COLLISION,,.... a*{ Uhv j; , ;kL £> n Sydney, January, o. ~, . A tram trolley collided with a William Street tram, which was knocked off. the line and crashed into the gutter. The car was considerably damaged, and one of the trolley horses was killed. A HUNDRED IN THE SHADE. Sydney, January 5. The temperature is 100.7 in the shade. , MUTINOUS CHINESE. . Sydney, January, 5, The Chinese crew of the rtearner Cranley mutinied and injured the first and second officers, the latter seriously. The police boarded the steamer and met with stubborn res: oh are. One Chinese was injured in the fight before order was restored. This is the third ; mutiny of Chinese within two months. ANTI-DEMOCRATIC OFFICIAL. Sydney, January 5. Replying to a deputation of the railway workers, voicing a number of complaints against the Railway Commissioner, Mr. Dacey said that Parliament hadipnt the Commissioner in a position to snap his fingers at the Government. He was tired of receiving deputations concerning him. In this democratic country the people should be supreme, but they were not. If it were in the Government’s power the present state of affairs would soon be altered. VERY HIGH SPRING TIDES. (Received G, 10.10 a.m.) Sydney, January G. Spring tides in the harboui were exceptionally high, due to a combination of astronomical causes. Many jetties were awash. THE SENIOR CADETS. (Received 6, 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, January G. The total number of senior cadets registered throughout the Commonwealth is 154,987. SMALLPOX ON THE TAIYUAN. (Received 6, 10.10 a.m.) Port Darwin, January 6. There is only one case of smallpox on the Taiyuan.