AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 51, 9 June 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BARQUE OVERDUE. j By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. 1 Received June 8, 10.30 p.m. i Sydney, Last Night, j The barque Falls Garry, from New- j castle to Mauritius, is considerably over-1 due. THE WYREEMA COLLISION. Sydney, June 8. The Court suspended for twelve months the certificate of Captain Mea-l iburn, master of the steamer Wyreema, in connection with the collision with the Currajong on March 8. COPYRIGHT OF TELEPHONE LISTS. Melbourne, June 8. As the outcome of the High Court's decision, the Postal Department has taken out the copyright of its telephone lists, tlius maintaining its monoipoly. The department's objection to unofficial publications is that mistakes would inconvenience both subscribers and operators.

' LABOR CONGRESS. Perth.. June 8. The resolutions adopted at the Labor Congress included nationalisation of the medical profession and chemists, a/bolition of capital punishment, adult municipal suffrage, and abolition of plural voting. A BISHOP'S RESIGNATION. Perth. June 7. Bislion Gihnev, after a quarter of a oenti'rv's chiree of the Roman Catholic Church, has resigned. ! A KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. Adelaide, June 8. The TCiu« Edward memorial fund has reached £5-224.