AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 322, 23 February 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

WRECKED STEAMER RE-FLOATED.

By CaEle—Press Association.—Copyright Received 23, 12.2 a.m. \" Brisbane, February 22. The Moresby was re r floated after jettisoning a quantity of bunker co;il, and reached Cooktown in the evening. En route, she picked up two or three of the boats wherein the passengers had left the stranded steamer. GUN ACCIDENT. Received 23, ~1.10 a.m. Melbourne, February 22. Twenty men were putting a hood on a new six-inch gun at Queensclift' foit. The hood slipped. Warrant - Officer Bishop u-as injured, and others had narrow escapes. The gun was damaged slightly.

THE STEAMER COURTFIELD. Received 23, 1.10 a.m. Melbourne, February 22. The steamer Courtfield has been towed off. SOCIALISTS FINED. Received 23, 1.10 a.m. 1 Sydney, February 22. Over forty men and women who participated in the recent Socialist demonstration were fined from 20s to 40s. HEAT WAVE IN VICTORIA. Received 22, 11.5 p.m. Melbourne, February 22. The heat wave continues. The th-jr-momfltuxr in The city registers 90 degrees. COLONIES' TRADE WITH BRITAIN. Adelaide, February 22. Sir Robert Thomas, who was appointed by the Government to inquire into the trade by Britain with the dominions overseas, has furnished a report. Sir Robert thinks that the best hope for Australian products in the British market is in the provincial outposts rather than in the capital.

STOCK RETURNS. i Sydney, February 26. The report of the Chief Inspector of Stock shows that in January there were in the State about 43,148,000 sheep, 2,589,000 cattle, and 492,000 horses. DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA. Sydney, February 22. Mr. Denkin, Federal Premier, sta-tos that the main portion of Lord Kitchener's report will be adopted. THE LATE MR. S. HORDERN. ■Sydney. February 22. The late Mr. Samuel Hordern, of Sydney, left estate in the United Kingdom valued at £300,320.