AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 116, 14 June 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

ATIILKTIC DELEGATE, deceived Julie 14, 13.25 a.m. Svdnvv, June 13.

Mr. Cnntnlics, president of the Xi'w South Wall's Athletic Association, loft by Hie .Moulin lo attend the conference of (In: New Zealand Athletic Association, lie is also tile Olympic games representative. HEAVY WEATHER. Received June 14, a.m. Sydney, June 13. A heavy westerly gale continued nil day, with rough seas. ELECTORAIi V.EKORM. .Melbourne, Juao 12. Tile Slate Cabinet lias decided to include a Preferential Voting Electoral Uol'unn Bill. j .SOUTH AI'STHALIAX POLITICS. Adelaide, June 1-. At a meeting of the labor Party to protot against .Mr. Peak taking office as Premier of South Australia, an- announcement was made Unit no alliance would lie made by tlic Lalwr Party with any ot'lier party in future. A mess'age dictated liy tlio late Premier (lion. T. Price), just lmfore liis death, was read, urging Hie parly to take courage, and adding: "The Labor cause is the cause of hunuraity; it is a jnst cause and must eventuailv win."

I VICTORIA'S BEER coxsmprrox*. I Melbourne, June 12. The excise statistics slunv that the I average annual consumption of beer works' mit at four biicket.sful in every inau. woman and child in Victoria, THE DEFFXOE COXFEREXCE. I Melbourne, June 12, t a.li.act di.cu.HPd tlie defence question- lik»ly to present themselves In the London conference. Colonel J. K. <i. l-'o\kin. honorary Mini-ler, \v*io li'ave> on cilne-idawill lie accomlinnied by Ca.ptain C'esswell and Col. , l!i'iil'_'c-i as advisers. 11,. will be placed in full i ll.session of the views of the < iovcranient. EARTH TISK,MoIts. Sydney. June 12. I lie seismographs in Sydney and Melbourne '''''"id distinct earth ircniore oil Saturday. Sunday and Tuesdav l n «l.| It i- probable that thev are I connected with ih,. recont earthquake! an island in the Man

(il'll.TV OF MA'XSLAITIIITER. 'Sidney, June 12. A vniill, named Williams. w|,„ was found <riiiliy of U„. uian.lair.'hle" nf a mm named .lolmstoa al Wee Waa on Dccenilier -I. was renmnded for senternce. SYDXF.V fXIVKUsITV. ~ , ... SV'Uk'v, Jir.ie 12. I he Svdnev 1 niver.sity ] m , „„ 111.■ round reduction in fees' a"<rre»u(. Ullf p**!* J) n AX ACTRESS 1 MMIIUAOE. , ~ Svdnev. .luile 12. Indian III"- contain a dcscrinti,,,, of t he nian'ia..e of Mis. El-i.. Thompson, of Raud\uck, and 11 well-known Austra. '■an aetre.,s. to the Maharajah of T,«. linn. It is i».lso stated tluit prior to the marriage Miss Thompson became a eon-' vei't to nindooiam. I

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