AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SEAMAN* OOURT-MARTIALLED. Received 1, 2.55 p.m. Sydney, Thursday. A seaman named Millen pleaded guilty at a court-martial to throwing overboard gun fittings of the warship Gibraltar, and was sentenced to two gears' imprisonment. ' ADA CROBSLEY. 1 Received 2, 1.3 a.m. Sydney, October 1. Ada Crossley received an enthusiastic reception at the Town Hall. There was en immense audience. AN ACTOR'S DEATH. Received 2, 1.3 a.m, Perth, October 1. Obituary: Dudley Clinton, actor. CAPACITY OP WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Melbourne, October 1. ■ Giving evidence before thc Postal Commission, Mr. Hesketh. Chief Electrical Engineer, said he considered wireless telegraphy was suitable for Australia but not commercially justiBailie at present. There would' not be any proper return for thc outlay. The .present calil;* traffic, lie said, was beyond the capacity of a wireless system.
THE COAL VEND CASE. Melbourne. October I. Tire High Court will hear the appeal of the Huddart, Parker Company 12 the anti-trust cases in a fortnight. *
A FATAL EXPLOSION. Melbourne, October i. A groom named Gillett was using l petrol to clean a room when an explo- , sioa occurred. Another groom, named Christie, was fatally burned and Gillett was seriously iujurcd. : COMMONWEALTH AND STATE. Sydney, Octolwr 1. The Legislative Council adopted the Premiers' Conference absolution deaj - 'ng with the State's financial relations witli the Commonwealth. BAD WEATHER IN NEW SOUTH WALES. I Sydney, October 1. Heavy gales are blowing and the weather « bitterly cold. Coastal vessels are sheltering. DECREASE IN MINING. „„ , Sydney, October 1. Ilie employees of the Barrier mine liunwer 0752—a decrease of 3288 since September last year.
COMMONWEALTH NAVAL PROPOSALS. Melbourne, October 1. In the Federal House of Representatives the Premier, Mr. A. TVakin in reply to a question, stated that tile Government regarded the Admiralty's despatch as a great advance towards the acceptance of the Commonwealth's na val proposals. VICTOBTAN POLITICS. Melbourne. October 1. The State Government lias drnnner] the Land Valuation Bill over which r nolrt.ienl crisis tths threatened. Sii Thomas Pent. Premier. withdraw tin Jjll without cnnsultrn!* his colleagues. Tn* Slate revenue for the ouarlev slums a deerens,, nf £200.000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 3
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352AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 3
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