AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 23 June 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THREE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received June 23, 1.30 a.m. Sydney, June 22. Three women, named Downey, Pennington and Long, tove been formally sentenced to death for the murder of Isabella MacCallum by an illegal operation. A DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. Sydney, June 22. The diphtheria epidemic shows no signs of abatement. Hospital accommodation is overtaxed. A RAILWAY COMMISSION. Sydney, June 22. The Government has appointed Mr. Hitfkson (president of the Harbor Trust), Mr. Oliver (ex-Railway Commissioner), and Mr. o'Ma.Uey Wood a Royal Commission to report 'on the question of railway traffic decentralisation.

ANi EMBEZZLEMENT CASE. Perth, June 22. Black was acquitted of a charge of embezzling moneys of his employers, the Freedman Company. Black was afterwards remanded on three other charges of stealing moneys. A NEW ZEALAND BANKRUPTCY. Sydney, June 21. In the Bankruptcy Court Mr. N. L. Gurr, official assignee in the estate of F. Grecnaway, formerly of Danncvirke, now of the United States, applied to have a block of land near Sydney vested in him which Greenaway held as trustee for the assignee. The application was granted. STRIKERS RESUME WORK. ■Sydney, June 22. The Pelaw Main strikers resume work this morning, the settlement of the trouble being left in the hands of the lodge officers.

MOISTURE IN BUTTER. Melbourne, June 21. Addressing dairy factory managers, Mr. O'Callaghan, State dairy expert, criticised the butter standard recommended by a recent Pure Food Conference. He considered if the Federal Government adopted the standard those manufacturers who submitted for sale or exported butter containing less than 84 .per cent, of butter-fat or more than 14 per cent, of water and more than 3 per cent, of boric acid could he dealt with for adulteration. The average of New South Wales butter only contained 83 per cent, of fat and 13.5 per cent, of water. THE RONALD HARPER. CASE. Melbourne, June 22. A representative meeting adopted a resolution of sympathy with respect to Robert and William Harper and BrockKemp, recently acquitted of charges of conspiracy, condemning the harrassmenfc and indignity to which they were subjected, and urging the appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the circumstances of the case.