AUSTRALIAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 140, 22 September 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

HOLY WEEK. By Cable.—Press Association Copyright Received September 22, 12.30 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. The Bathurst Anglican Synod adopted a protest against holding an agricultural show or any public entertainments during Holy Week. MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS. Melbourne, September 20. In the Assembly the Premier said that he would introduce a Bill compelling the Melbourne Tramway Company to run in the interests of the public as well as those of the shareholders, by introducing penny sections, so as to make the rate uniform with the charge in other cities. An inquiry into this matter would be made before introducing the Bill. A TRAIN DERAILED. Perth, September 20. A train was -derailed at Claremont. Two cars and the left the rails, and passengers were shaken but not seriously injured. RICHMOND RAILWAY DISASTER. Melbourne, September 21. The Attorney-General will proceed against the officials concerned in the Richmond railway accident. TYMERIC UNINJURED. Sydney, September 21. The steamer Tymeric, which was ashore in Torres Straits, has been refloated, and is apparently uninjured. A ROUGH PASSAGE. Sydney, September 21. The barque Dalrymple has arrivea from Liverpool. The backstays of the main and fore masts were carried away, otherwise she is undamaged. She encountered gales and rough seas for two •months. UNDISCIPLINED SOLDIERS. Brisbane, September 21. Files by the Tayuan report that the troops in the Kong Moon locality, under pretence of searching for opium smokers, are robbing houses and committing all kinds of brutality. FISHERMEN DROWNED. Adelaide, September 21. Two men named Frederick Anderson and Frank Maher are missing. They had been fishing on th« coast, and their boat was found smashed on the rooks.