AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 27, 29 May 1912, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Received 29, 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, May 29. While posing for a earner;! at Bondi a civil engineer named Cruey was washed off the rocks and drifted sea ward into a school of sharks. A search disclosed no trace of his body. The Yawatamaru's passengers have been quarantined. Only one is suffering from smallpox.

Dettmann's timber yard at Arn elifl'e was destroyed, by fire. A fireman named Wolfcrtou was killed by n falling chimney. The damage was £6OOO. The stock returns at the end of .la si year show increases of 8000 horses, and 107,000 sheep and a decrease of 10,257 cattle compared with the previous year. (Received 29, 1.35 p.m.) Adelaide, May 29. The Licensed Victuallers' conferenci adopted a resolution in favour of working for the abolition of local option and in lieu thereof the appointment of licensing boards to say where hotels should be opened or closed. A suggestion by a Queensland delegate of a levy of 5s per hogshead of beer towards a fund for fighting opponents met with a favourable reception. (Received 29, 1.35 p.m.) Fremantle, May 29.

A couple of the Orvieto's belated passengers swam after her. One. Woolful, was drowned. (Received 29, 1.35 p.m.) Brisbane, May 29. The stock returns at January Ist show increases oT 6655 horses and 55,430 sheep and a decrease 0f,'107,517 cattle.