AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 27, 15 January 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CATHOLICS AND CREMATION. Sydney, January 14. Archbishop Kelly, addressing a hospital meeting, said the church was against cremation, which was opposed to national sentiment. It was allied to materialism, and this was irreligious. The church had no misgivings on the subject. It was not only not essential, but wrong and uncalled for. NEW HEBRIDES WRECK. Sydney, January 14. The Malaiti, at Norfolk Island, gathered meagre particulars of the wreck of the steamer Tathra at Ambryn, New Hebrides. The chief officer, the chief steward, and live European and seventeen native sailors are missing. A search for the vessel is proceeding. A BIG BUSH FIRE. Sydney, January 15. A bush fire in the Kielor district burned four thousand acres of grass, lucerne, hay-stacks, fences, and farm buildings. The losses include two hundred Shropshire owes, and the total damage is estimated at over £IO,OOO. THREE BOYS DROWNED. Received 15, 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, January 15. Three boys, named William Butler, Ernest Butler, and James Conole, wore drowned at Copeccpe. The last two were fishing, when the boat caps'zed, and William Butler swam to their assistance, but they were all drowned. THE LABOUR CONFERENCE. (Received 15, 9.20 a.m.) Melbourne, January 15. Mr. Fisher regards the recent conference as satisfactory. He says that the overture made to Now Zealand is a timelv one. and he is sure New Zealand will not feel hurt at being appealed to in the present fashion.