Australian News.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 788, 3 April 1905, Page 3

Australian News.

LOST MEMOHYi A REMARKABLE CASE^ MELBOURNE, March 17 : . Charles Lima liraun, cx-member of the New South Wai'.es Mounted Hi- \ fles, who mysteriously disappeared , from the steamer Eurynlus on the ' sst instant, has beL'n fouikK He is ( a victim to loss of memory. On t'hu •< date mentioned ho left ihc steamer i

■«. u MIIBC U1 Ws clothes were found on the Ton Melbourne beach, and it was feared he bad been drownedf. As the socks found wiith the oilier clothes had not been worn, it was thought possible that Braun was still alive: On Tuesday morning Arthur Tarkovcr, a fiiend of the Rraun family, noticed the missing man gazing into a chemist's shop window in Burke Street. Tarkover sang out " Hullo, Charlie ! How are you ?*' But Braun declared his name was not Charlie. TarKovcr persuaded him to come round to 1 the Federar Coffee Palace, where his falter was staying, but the latter was unfortunate-

— a , ly out. Braun refused to accompany Tarkover home, and persisted in the statement that his name was not Braun, An appointment was made for the next day, but Braun failed to keep it. Subsequently he was found in a cafe, and .with the (assistance of the police was induced' to go and meet his father. He is suffering from loss off memory, and can only remember events of three days' duration. His memory, he says, is a complete blank so far as the Euryalus, or what transpired immediately after his leaving, is concerned. He did not even recognise his mother's photo. When found he was minus of his coat and watch, and had evidently liigcd on the proceeds of pawning his personal property. He states «he was afraid his people would lock him up in some private

asylum. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. EXPERIENCE OF A VICTORIAN DEPUTATION. MELBOURNE, March' 13. A peculiar soene happened to-day at a deputation to the State Premier for the apparently peaceful purpose of aSking him'to make the Woman's Suffrage Bill a Government measure next session, instead of leaving tho question an open one among ministers. Miss Locke, representing the woman's sect on of the Political Labour Council, used what the Premier —with some annoyance—declared to be strong language, but worse followed. Mr Hcag-ney, secretory to t'he Political La-bour League, declared that he spoke for the United Council, and consequently was" the mout'h-piece of one-third of the people of Victoria who ha<l favoured woman's franchise for ten years. " I certainly expect," he said, "to see this Government, whether led by the present Premier or to pass this measure this

session." Mr Bent interrupted, " Most amusing," to which Mr Heagney retorted that "An iceberg was looming on the horizon." Mr Bent, in reply to the deputation's representations, said Mr Heagney had used a threat to him, and he was willing to test it. He would not bring in tho Bill at all. ("Oh, oh.") Mr Prendergast sought to pour oil on the troubled waters, and the women on the deputation also pleaded with Mr Bent not to punish all the women of Victoria for one man's indiscreet utterance. Mr Bent replied that not one present had protested ajgtainst Mr Heajgney's threat. There were more attempts.to wheedle the Premier into a more friendly attitude, and at'last, after sitting silent for some minutes, he said 'Well, you want me to take it before the Cabinet ? 1 say I will." (Applause.)- And the deputation departed. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. A PROBLEM TO THINK OVER. ADELAIDE, March 15. Mr J. G. Jenkins, who l'eaves for England to-morrow to assume the duties of Agent-Generalship, speaking last night at a banjpiet tendered by the citizens of A'dolaide, Said -lie had at first- 1)0011 sceptical as regarded the possibilities of the Northern Territory, hut ihe was now convinced that they possessed there the largest and; btst undeveloped tract of country in the British Empire. He Would not deal with the (rjuestion of coloured 'labour, but he believed the time would come when the i>oo|>le of Australia would recognise that tho northern and southern parts of Australia were two different countries, and if they were not willing to tl<Jvelop tho counti-y themselves, they would see the justice of allowing other people to develop it under proper conditions and proper care. Ho was not an alarmist, but when they reflected ou the great tragedy being enacted in the Far East, they could realise that some day they might l;e faced with the possibility of the Northern Territory being populated by a coloured race without their assistance.