AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 6 January 1908, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

IViuwi i.,.^— . „.. , iiCVCltCli 1110, OJi p.m. AUCUUuc, ».»*rj t. Mr Larjte, Uiuuuusiuner lur v.*u.u*, kia recclveu a resolution paned uy lue iuMtii vt irauc In JJriuaii ioiuuiu.«t i«auccuag tae uDuuniiig oi iuiuriu*.iun lirf Canadian newspaper* truui qiuu portions at tae Elliptic. Oik cimm .■eta iorth th« dea.rauieueos ot arrangements wnn oUier ljwerniiieiiv& goacemed in and-responsible fur tne de- { BClt of the Pacific eaule, wucioy urn Una may be used at certain perfuu* oi the day when eoiwuemal diisum:.* iluv» not oner for. Ue tree transmission vi proa despatches among Canaua, Australia and New Zealand, XaE FRANCO-BRITISH EXUIBITiOS. Received sth, i<n> p.m. Adelaide, January 5. ' The Franco-British Exhibition auinoi'itiea have appointed an expert named Uarkl, who is now visiting Australia and repreoanUng tne auinorities as (w*)L £riag winegrowers information relative to the use oi Australian wines ,»t the ExiiWUon. . w . .^mMiA \ AUSTRALIA TINNED MEAT. I Received 6th, 435 pjn. '■ Syaney, January 4. HamSeia Of Australian canned meat* tuve alleged that the Board of Trade are accepting inferior American meats Jot toe mercantile marine. lit Oognlan, interviewed the Board of Irade and received an assurance (hat tae aiaodard reoently in force has not foa tomnt

tnUBS LABORERS' STRIKE. Sydney, January 4. * The wharf laborers' strike at Newcastle eentinues. The striken deousd an increase of wages to Is 3d per how for day work and Is M for tight work. The crews assisted the permanent wharf hands ' . slowly disfbaiging the arriving Teasel*. The I'nietß Company paid nun-unionists discharging the Wakatipu the rates demanded by tike striker*. THE PLAGUE. Bydeny, January 4. A dairyman at Hurstville ha« been attaeked by plague. The outbreak has evidently aome connection with the Marrackrille cases. THE WHEAT HARVEST. Sydney. January 4. The Bydtny Morning Herald estimates the wheat yield at 8.682.000 tioshtls— an average of a little over five bushele to the acre. ; COMMONWEALTH REVESfE. • Melbourne, January 4. ' The Federal revenue for the half-year ■mounted to 1:6,034,683 -an increase of £1.202,000. A YACHTDJd FATALITY. *■ Melbourne, January 4. ' A yacht capsized at Port Phillip, and two girls named Rafcbeck and William* Lere drowned. The other occupant. I youth named Slater, »»* rescued »fter rvimming a mile and a half-

- TEMPERANCE PROPOOANDA. •» Svdeny, January 4. Tlm! serrices of Mr Bruntnell, Oeneral Secretary of the New So"*" w *'r* AlliMce, have been engaged for the temperance campaign in England. tf VICTORIAN FINANCE. ' " Melbnnme. January 4. The State Premier, Mr T. Bent, s. aUtes that the half-year ended with • .urplus of £2(mfim. By the end of Ihe rear he Mpcct* «"T> U * of n<Mrl >' 1£ 1,000,000. r HEAVY DIVORCE COSTS ? Mellxnirne. January I. Petitioner* m-sts in the Wnllo* >h wree caw, wmVh respondent was »rBered to pay, amounted to over £11""

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