AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 352, 1 April 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

PRIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. By CnWe.—Pre*? Association.—Copyiigjh) Received March 31, 10.30 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. The election of Primate of Australia resulted in the selection of the Archbishop of Sydney. Bishop Clarke, of Melbourne, and Bishop Donaldson, of Brisbane, were candidates. PERJURY ADMITTED. Received March 31. 9.40 p.m. Sydney, March 31. A witness in the Harper conspiracy case has admitted that he committea perjury becaus'e he was promised a good position. ANOTHER RECORD. , Received March 31, 9.40 p.m. Sydney, March 31. A Melbourne atnlete named Pearson cycled from Sydney to Melbourne in 4!) hours, beating the record by nearly seven hours. PASSENGERS QUARANTINED. Sydney, March 31. Nine hundred persons aboard the Of--way have to be quarantined to-morrow. The quarantine station only provide? for 050. The rest remain aboard the ship. THE COMMONWEALTH NAVY. Sydney. March 31. The cruiser Cambrian will probably leave for Colombo in July to convoy the new Australian destroyers. SUBMARIM'j DISTURBANCE. Sydney. .March 31. The Rivevviow Cohoge seismograph recorded a sharp earthquake this mornI ing, about 8(10 miles from Sydney, [t is supposed to be a submarine disturbance, and lasted two hours. BOWLING. Received March 31, 8.40 p.m. I Sydney, March 31. j Victorian bowlers won the rubber against New South Wales' with one game each, deciding the contest by three points. SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW. ■ Sydney, March 3i. I The total attendance at the s'iimv | was 252,450, and the takings £11,036, I compared with 244,500 and £10,620 last | year. The following sales are reported: —Sheep: Reid (Oamaru), Border Leicesters, 3 and 5 guineas each; Romney Marshes, 5 to 10 guineas; Rennie (Canterbury), Leicesters, 4 and 5 guineas. Cattle: Fairev (Nelson), fat bullocss £26 10s, cow £l2. Horses: Bourke (Opaki), four Clydesdales at from £25 to £39. * _ CHINESE AND EARLY CLOSING. Sydney, March 31. Thirteen Chinese employers' have ue*a fined for infringements of the Early Closing Act. WAGES BOARD RESUMES. i | Sydney, March 31. The-Northern Mining Wages Board has resumed its sittings. MANUFACTURERS' DAY. I Sydney, March 31. ' Newcastle to-day observed "Manufacturers' Day" manufacturers and storekeepers making a special display of Australian manufactures in their windows. BASE corn. Sydney, March 31.A nmpher of spurious' sovereigns are in circulation. Bookmakers at Randwick were largely victimised. The I coins are a good imitation. j SMALLPOX. t j Melbourne. March 31. > Three additional cases of smallpox j have occurred amongst the Otwav's j quarantined passengers".