AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 220, 13 October 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Per Press Association. Brisbane, October 12. A child died of the plague at Townsville, Infected rats were recently found on the premises, During a brawl at Toowoomba, an Italian named Fendou fatally stabbed a man named Simpson. An unknown fishing lugger has been wrecked at Howick Group. Adelaide, October 12. Two fishermen secured a school of five small whales stranded at St. Kilda Bay. Hobabt, October 12. The Council rejected the Early Closing, Governor's Salary Reduction, and Lotteiies Amendment Bills. Melbourne, October 12. It is expected that the Federal elections will be held in December. The State Governor (Sir G. S. Clarke) at a meeting cf the Health Society, referring to the general indifference and ignorance regarding health matters, said t hat if as much pains were bestowed on human beings as on racehorses, in a pureclimtfe like Victoria, we ought to produce the finest race in the world. Mr. Irvine, Victorian Premier, has received no official confirmation of the loan flotation schemp, but. assumes that the cible is correct. In view of the condition of the London money maiket the terms reported are not, Mr. Irvine thinks, unsatisfactory. Received 12. 10.29 p.m. Sydney, October 12. A new large cave < f greit beauty has been discovered at Jenolao, and the skeleton of an aborig'ntl found partially covered with st >!agmitic formation.