AUSTRALIAN NEW

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 110, 17 August 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEW

CLOSER SETTLEMENT. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright Received August 17, 12.55 a.m. Sydney, August' 16. The Assembly approved of the purchase of three estates, aggregating about 25,000 acres, for closer settlement pur-. poses. j CAPTURE OF PIRATES. Brisbane, August 16. Eastern advice® state that three weeks ago two boats manned by forty pirates appeared near iDairen. The Japanese authorities dispatched' police. Shots were exchanged, and one boat was captured.

ARCHBISHOP v. JOHN NORTON. Melbourne, August 16. In the libel action, Archbishop Clarke v. Norton, app.isation was made by plaintiff that defendant should give further particulars of the defence, on the ground that the defence, as stated, was embarrassing, oppressive and irrelevant. His Honor agreed that particulars should be given, and the matter stood over. j

CATHOLIC) PRIEST AS OOUXCJf>U)K. Melbourne, August 10. | iA Catholic priest has been elected' councillor for Smythedale. A TOTAL WRECK. Sydney, August 16. The barquentine Helga, which sprang, a leak near -Honolulu, has become a total wreck. ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING. I Melbourne, August 16. A deliberate attempt was made to wreck a passenger train at Warburton. A sleeper was placed on the line, but was knocked aside by the engine. THE BEiNDIGO TRAGEDY. Melbourne, August Ml. Camelia McLusky's father has written to the police stating that when pile was a child she met with a serious I accident to her head. i .. .