AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 146, 11 June 1908, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

LITHUOW IRONWORKS. j Received llh. 12.55 a.m. Sydney, June 10. The executive of the Lithjjow Ironworks' l«i(K>r Union recommended tinmen to refuse to accept a reduction iu wages. THE LAW'S LONG ARM. Received lltii, 12.5.) a.m. Sydney, .June lu. A passenger by the t'liinaroa was arretted on a charge of false pretences and remanded for the production of the necessary papers from New Zealand. WELCOME RAINS, Sydney, .lune 10. Splendid rains arc falling throughout New South Wales. EPIDEMIC OF DVSENTRV. Sydney, June 10. At tile Ellice Islands there is an epidemic of dvsentry, which is causing great mortality amoug the native-. Over ISO deaths from the disease have been /i-]iorti'it.

INCREASE UF DIVORCES. Sydney, Juue lu. \» -bowing the increase iu the number <if divorce ea-e- in the State it i« mentioned that during the present term of the Court Sl' en-en have been hard, 55 of them undefended. »£ATH OF A CE.VTENAIMA.V. .Tunc lfl. A man )i;mir'l I,:iin••tifi 1 Tuliiii died In n* ati til" ii«e ..i lull. THE lil!AYHli<Hilv I)ISA>TKI!. I ' Jfelbmirne. .tlltie 111. j At the inqne-1 ronfcrniii;: the l'l ;>y I liiiH'k railuav di-a-ter. iin> ("reniiiii «l I the I<k<>•. ilep.t ;;a\- e\ideii.-e ttiat. "li I the morning after tii' 1 :i--<-idi-m li- 1 .i-K'-d I Driver Milburn how t.be areidrm bad fH-t-urred. Milburn lr|iii<'<l. "'I lie brake failed."' But; lie added. nne i* tu Maine but inysclr, a- 'he =ii.'iiaU w'K

again-t me. i Milburn admil'ed 'hat ill' 1 jj, during the journey n|> to 11 u■ time 'if the accident had worked ln-autilullv. t STOCK. | Melbourne. .Tune in. | Recent rains have sonioubJi relieved, 1 tic di-tre— in the eouii'n. Im: til" •-[' f.-it- of the drought ">inbi I v.i;li Hi" , I (ltd Weather are -'ill scri'«l-lv I miiw ol tlie pastor.il ']i -1 i'• 'l l't ll ~ : tin* [«-t few month- msiii >li..ii-.iii.l» j j "f i-»t»']e and ->M"*|l '!»»<• '-••• ii •••«: 111 1 other States t<; sa\'e ile-n: i' i > --ii'v! I One firm claim-' (» Un» '■ ;.[» >1 I'm'W ; ,-iittle t-1 New goillh «'»!-.

St.TU.IN'.. Sydli'-11i:i■ i'i ' Aru-t has -i-rned tlie ar'i<i''- f"i ibe, scullinj: mate]) ppiinsj [Y.i -e fo, ijdfl aside, Tlie ran- is to b.« im\r>l on u-f. 1.) or 22. j