AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 395, 21 May 1910, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE BUTTER CONFERENCE. by Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, May 20. •The flbuttef Conference passed a resolution against the proposal to reduce the moisture standard from 10 to 14 per cent. J THE FITZROY EXPLOSION. ! Melbourne, May 20. Shaw, who was Crabtree's assistant, has been found guilty of setting fire to Crabtree's shop in Brunswick street, Fitzroy, on March 19. Sentence was deferred. AN EXTRAORDINARY TIDE. Sydney, May 20. During extraordinary high tides at Alladulla a few days ago the water with startling suddenness broke right over the wharf, doing much damage. The steamer Eden's mooring ropes •broke, and the vessel, to save herself, had to steam out. She had a trying time, sometimes almost standing on end.

NiEW ZEALANDERS IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May 20. A meeting of New Zealanders decided to form a New Zealand Association. The membership is limited to those who have resided at Least five years in the Dominion.'. CHARGES AGAINST PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. Sydney, May 20. The Rev. Mr. Banks, general secretary of the Methodist Foreign Mission, informed an interviewer than the punitive expedition organised for the capture of tlie murderers of the Braskin family in tlie Solomon Islands in October last so illtreated' two captured natives that they died'. It is also alleged that tfiey illtreated other natives, and were guilty of other' excesses. STEAMER HAS A ROUGH TIME. Adelaide, May 20. The steamer Port Chalmers, from London, after rounding tlie Ciispe, struck a tidal wave, which craslied' on the deck with terrific force, doing great damage. Conditions continued disturbed tflT within two days of reaching Australia. Oil was used' to calm tlie waters.

AUSTRALIAN COINAGE. Melbourne, May 20. Replying- to a protest of" the Chamber of Commerce against the abolition of the half-crown, Mr. Fisher said he feared. it would have to go, for there was no iprovision in tlie Australian Coinage Act' for its retention'.