AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 7 December 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

bULi.UJULU.tt » miUiOIAXftMHWI! j XJUB UDAJJ. •* Received 7th, 12.2 a.m. j Sydney, December 0. The Chief Justice, when announcing the Full Court's refusal to reinstate solicitor Rafe, who was struck off the. runs in idi/a connection wiux uiq notorious Butler divorce case, said, in his opinion lie shguld never be read,' niitted on the rolls of this Court as a solicitor under any circumstances or. a£ any time, . ; _j| SIR S. GILLOTT'S RETIREMENT, J Melbourne, December 6. \ The State Premier (the Hon. T, Bent), defending Sir Samuel Gillottj said there was no better man in crea« tion. He was a fool to allow himsQJ to be driven from public life. Those' who had attacked Mm were not lit $0) be compared with him. u _j WESTRALIA'S POTENTIALITIES, f~ Perth, December 0. ' The Governor opened a representa' tivo exhibition of WestraUan product* and manufactures. <*•■- The Premier declared that within a reasonable distance of time they would. be able to produce all they requireji within the State, i,-1 . ..Mi , WORLD'S CHOPPING CHAMPION- , SHIP. J Hobart, December 6, • A. Clark, of Wynyard, won tttfl 6 world's chopping championship. THE INSURANCE RATE WAR, _ ' Perth, December. 8- ' * The State railway buildings andi plant have been insured to the extent; of a million, at Is to 2s per centum, The risks are divided among a grouQ of nine companies. __, CONDUCT AT PUBUO MEETINGS,. Melbourne, Decenibei 0, The Assembly passed a Bill provid* ing drastic measures for the preventj tion of disorderly conduct at publio meetings. j AN EFECTIVE GAMING LAW. j ' Sydney, December 5. The Attorney-General has prepared a statement showing that the enforce--1 ment of the Gaming Act has worked a revolution by suppressing street! betting and Chinese and other gambling dens. __ ; s GRAIN GROWING IN NEW SOUTH , WALES. ',. Sydney, December 0. > A witness before the Committee on h Grain elevators stated that not one* fifteenth of the land in New SoutH Wales suitable for wheat had beea worksd. . , ._..