AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 10 December 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

. c BRAVERY REWARDED. ■ 4 Adelaide, December 8, At a meeting at Port Adelaide Town Hall, the Mayor presented Yvetot and Gamruee,two seamen who risked theix; lives to take lines ashore from ths wrecked Monte Hello, each with a silver watch and gold albert and medal in recognition of bravery. THE HOME HULK DELEGATE. & Hobart, December 8. Mr Devlin, one- of the Irish delegates, left by the Monowai yesterday, on a visit to New Zealand. HRE INSURANCE COMPETE - : TION. ■** Perth, December 8< In effecting a Government insurance; : of a million and a-half the Westralian manager of the Royal Insurance Company waived the right of cancelling ■, the policy for three years. This agree-, uieut has been repudiated by the dw rectors of the company. j LICENSING LEGISLATION. J% Mebourne, December 8. : In the Assembly on the Licensing Bill, Mr Bent further modified the Government's proposals for continuance,' of compensation after 10 years' period by abandoning the all-tuns limit, a HEAT IN AUSTRALIA. .- Sydney, December 8, Great heat is being experienced ia the interior. At many stations the thermometer is from 100 to 108, ths latter being Mogil's record. BROKEN HILL MINES. ' | Sydney, December 8. There is much activity in the: Broken Hill mines, 8540 men being employed. The mineral output for the year is valued at over two mittioiifa THE LAND SCANDALS. Sydney, December 8. ihe Government will make known the course it intends to pursue with regard to Crick when the Lands Com. mission's report comes up for consideration in the House. It is rumoured that drastio measures are intended, i