AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 42, 30 May 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN. By Cable—Press Received May 30, 1,30 a.m. Melbourne. Last Night. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Agency Company. Limited, shows, profits amounting to £20,805. A dividend of 5 .per cent, has been declared, and a sum of £15,805 is carried forward. The directors are negotiating for the company's final liquidation. A STATUE OF LIBERTY. Received May 30, 1.30 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. The King and Queen of Italy and one hundred thousand delegates (including many Garibaldians who participated in the expedition of I860), attended the unveiling of the monument of Liberty at Palermo.

MADAME CALVE INDISPOSED. Received May 30, 1.30 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. Madame Calve is suffering with a sore throat, and Saturday's concert was cancelled. KING'S BIRTHDAY. Received May 30, 1.5 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. The State Government has decided that (the King's Birthday shall not !be observed at a public holiday.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. j Sydney, May 28. A proposal is afoot to invite the British Association to visit Australia m 1913 or the following year. A GOVERNOR IN NORFOLK ISLAND. Norfolk Island, May 28. Lord Chelmsford opened the new Rawson public hall. At a subsequent public meeting a number of matters of interest to islanders were discussed. Mr. Macey-Qupintal, the principal spokesman, stated that the handing over of the island to the Commonwealth was against the wish of a large majority of islanders.

THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. Adelaide. May 28. The Government has decided to observe the King's birthday on June 6 as a, public holiday. i A NEW BUILDING AWARD. Svdnov, May 28. The Wages Board award, operating on July 1. increases the wishes of carpenters' and joiners in the building trade by iy.d per hour, making the] wage Is 4 l / 2 d.

AN UNCHARTED REEF. Sydney. Mav 28. The asents of the steamer Kilburn have received a cable from the captain stating that the Ethel reef, in the Yasama Archipelago, whereon the vessel was lost, was incorrectly charted. MURDER AT THE ISLANDS. Brisbane, Mav 28. Tsland news states that a native emplovee murdered a European in charge of Messrs'. Lever Bros.' station at Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. The .tfa+i™ cnok nt. the .station afterwards killed the murderer.