AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 95, 22 April 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

''By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrifp't.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, April 19.

Hy t!io collapse of a wall at Amiandalo two men named Roper and Habeas were killed and a third injured. '! iio High Court deal with the case of Perry versus Speaker Willis, arising out of scones in the Assembly in September, when Perry, after leaving the House, was brought hack by .Mr Speaker’s orders, and admonished. Perry brought an action against the Speaker and Sergeant-at-Arms for £IOOO damage's for assault. In the demurrer action following the Supreme | Court ruled that the Speaker had no | power to deal with a member- oucc •| he left the House. Mr Willis appealed ' to the High Court', which unau imously ] dismissed the appeal. The Chief .Justice in delivering, judgment, said the Speaker had no more power over a member' outside the House than over any other parson. A disorderly person could be removed, hut it was a different thing to bring him back to the Chamber to make an example of . him. Acting on the strength of a cablegram from her father, detectives have taken under their charge a‘young lady who arrived by a recent steamer from I New Zealand, with the object of re- \ turning her to parental control. The story published is that the lady came to Sydney to meet a young gentleman who arrived by an earlier boat. r l ho houple intended to proceed to San Francisco and get married. Sydney, April 20. Mr Mark Foz presents A rust with a new'boat for the race with Barry. Melbourne, April 20. The Federal Government has turned down the late Premiers’ Conference suggestion that the Commonwealth should annually arrange 250,000 berths for mmigrants, on the ground that it is inadvisable to introduce divided control in the work of immigration, now solely controlled hy the. States. The Executive refused to reprieve Joseph Pfcffor. His execution on April 29th will bo the first in Victoria for many years. Sydney, April 20. After listening to an address by Mr Semple, organiser of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, the Tllawarra Colliery Employees’ Association resolved to recommend the 10/lges to affiliate with the Now Zealand workers. ’ Melbourne, April ! 20. The Defend? Department lias received a iproposal from Papua to establish a national petroleum refinery. Mr Pearce slated 'that he has rbceivrd optimistic reports and he Is hopeful 'that a rich find'h,'Vs been ifiiulci * ‘ ! ’ ' Tirisharfe, April 20, 1 Thb Is lon mor Montoro has arrived. 1 ihie' CnptaiVl denies tiffi 'report that 'wlren' neaV’Pbrt Darwin ■ fto : /received a I wifeless’frMh ' the' Hbonfbaiiili. 1 ; l ~~ ~ ~ ~