AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 349, 29 March 1910, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

C.T.'s CONFERENCE. By Gabl«.—Pme Association,—Copyright !['* "- Sydney, March 25. v The annual conference of the Austrnr lasian Commercial Travellers' amoc*tion has opened. New Zealand is represented by Messrs I<\ H. King and C S. Owen. ' Received March 28, 9 a.m. I Melbourne, Monday The Commercial Travellers' Conference resolved that hotelkeepera receiving the association's certificate should be asked not to take in as permanent boarders persons suffering from tuberculosis. Received March 28, 10.10 p.m. ' " Sydney, Night. The Commercial Travellers' Conference considered the position of the United Association in New Zealand. The conference resolved that Dunedin should join the Federal Association, which should then affiliate with the United Association of Australasia. The New Zealand body* should then be entitled to send three delegates to the next conference—one each from Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. INTERCOLONIAL BOWLING. Received March 28, 10.10 p.m. i Sydney, Last Night. Queensland defeated Victoria at bowlg winning the rubber. 'They secured the' deciding game by a point, add C T CONFERENCE ,« , 4 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Sydney, Monday. Messages are still being Received over a great distance at .Pike's wireless station. His apparatus has been tested by a naval wireless expert, with satisfactory results. Pike is anxious that the federal Government should put his appliances to a practical test and equip a series of stations. If his overtures to the Government are rejected, he proposes to take the apparatus to America.

„P*" HEAVY RAIN. ' * » - t'it i Sidney, Monday. Heavy rain has fallen all night, but shows signs of cleaning. r 'i """flMti DAMAGE BY NARRABRI" FLOflfiiS. Sydney, Monday. It is Cffielftlly estimated that the Norrabri floods in January caused a loss of '25,000 sheep and two or three hundred large stock. THE FITZROY EXPLOSION. Received March *2B, u p.m. Melbourne, Monday. The records of Crabtree, who was a New Zealand criminal, have been received by the police. The photograph, though taken thirty years ago, bear# a resemblance to Crabtree, who died as a result of the Fitzroy explosion. Copies of deceased's finger-prints are being sent to New Zealand. AUSTRALIAN CADETS FOR , ENGLAND. Received March 28, 9 a.m. Melbourne, Monday. Arrangements have been completed to send a contingent of Australian cadets to tour England. The lads will leave on 18th May. BRINGING OUT THE DESTROYERS. Adelaide, Monday. Sixty-five Australian >iaval Brigade men sailed to-day to bring out the destroyers. COLLAPSE OF SEATS.

Brisbane, Monday. «. During a iboxing match a. section of densely - crowded elevated seats collapsed. Five men were seriously hurt. THE SYDNEY SHOW. Received March 27, 5 p.m. Sydney, March 27. Friday's show attendance was 78,000, and on Saturday it was 43,000. THE HOLIDAY IN SYDNEY. Sydney, March 25. The weather is fine for the holidays, and the city is crowded with visitors*. There was a record attendance at the Royal Show. PANIC IN A CIRCUS. Adelaide, March 25. During a circus show the electric iig&t short-circuited and the lantern apparatus was destroyed. The audience of sOO people 'became panic-stricken and rushed the exits. None, however, were injured. TAXING WOOL-GROWERS. Melbourne, March 26. At the Sons of Temperance Conference a delegate advocated a tax on wool to make up the loss of revenue through tihe prohibition of alcohol. He pointed out that wool' averaged £l3 per bale, of which £3 went in labor, so there was fa huge profit. A tax of £1 per bale would yield £2,000,000. THE SPEEDY MOTOR. Melbourne, March 26. White, a motorist, established a fresh record from Sydney to Melbourne, covering the distance in 19 hours 47 minutes. BUSH FIRES. Adelaide, March 26. Fierce bush fires are raging at the lower end of Yorke's' Peninsula. So far 6000 acres of timber have been destroyed. THE ADELAIDE TRAGEDY. Adelaide, March 26. The second Hinton child has succumbed to the injuries received in the fire. [Mrs. Hinton was' warming food for an infant over a spirit lamp when it exploded, and set the bed on fire where the infant and another child were lying. The mother was terribly burned in trying to rescue them; She and the inftnt succumbed . The other child (which is now dead) and a man who came to the rescue were badly burned.]

. THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS. Rocklifimpton, March 2fThe flood waters which have been backed up are coming down the river, which is again rising. The railway vices are disorganised, long stretches of line being inundated.