AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 330, 4 March 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MORTALITY AMONGST CATTLE. By Cable.—Prees Association. —Copyright Received March 4, 1.5 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. A serious outbreak of pleuro-pneu-monia has occurred in the Narrabri district. Large numbers of cattle have died. FIRE IN SYDNEY. Received March 4, 1.5 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. | A large five-storey building in Yorkstreet, chiefly occupied by offices is burning. THE "ALL-RED" SERVICE. j Melbourne, March 3. > The Federal Postal Department has j/tgreed to extend the Vancouver mail | service lor a year, but certain matters which the Union Company desires lo be settled have still to be adjusted, > A PRINCE'S DISAPPEARANCE. Perth, March 3. During the voyage of the Mongolia, Nawab Sahib of Radhaupur, an Indian tributary prince, who was suffering from paralysis and who was making a trtp for health reasons, mysteriously disappeared without leaving a trace. He ,was last seen at night sitting on the deck. AN UNCERTAIN CURRENT. Brisbane, March 2. At the enquiry into the stranding of i ,the steamer Moresby, which went | aground at Cook Passage, the captain | attributed an error of nine miles ; n ! the course to the current setting south- I .west instead of east as expected. J . FROM AUSTRALIA BY WIRELESS. Sydney, March 3. The warship Pioneer picked up and answered H.M.S. Powerful'* wireless 'message from the North Cape on Thurs- . day night. The following night the j Pioneer's apparatus was dismantled in , order to a more powerful ow. j H.M.S. Cambrian's gear is also old. j otherwise it is claimed that the war- j -ships would have got the messages that Mr. Pike, of the Work Department in .Sydnev. received. Within a short time most of the ships of the Australian Squadron will he fitted with improved , •instruments similar to that which tue Powerful has been using. It is expected that they will be able to receive and tn , transmit regular messages between A us-, tralia and New Zealand.