AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 194, 25 November 1910, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIA'S NAVAL PRIDE. : By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Perth, November 24. The Commonwealth destroyers arrived at Freemantle and wel'e welcomed by the i Minister of Defence, the State Premier, and a large gathering of residents with much enthusiasm. The Minister dfeclared that when they saw the destroyers Australians felt themselves of much higher stature. i THE WYOMING WRECK. ' Sidney, November 24. The Marine Court found that tlie wreck of the steamer Wyoming, which irted on to the rocks at Kiola, was probably due to something fouling the propeller. No blame was attachable to the officers. DROWNED IN A WATER-HOLE. ' Perth, November 24. The bodies of Mrs. M'Miilleh, wife ol a settler, and her four children were discovered in a waterhole at Cornaning. There are no details, and it is unknown how they got into the water. VICTORIAN WHEAT CROP. ■ Melbourne, November 24. The newspaper Leader estimates tlie • Victorian wheat yield at .29,128.875 bushels, an average of 13.75 bushels, per acre. The probable exportable surplus is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels. POTATO BLIGHT. Melbourne, November 24. Three more parishes in the western district have been quarantined owing to Irish blight in potatoes. THE LEVUKA. j Sydney, November 24. The Levuka trouble has' been settled and the steamer has sailed. THE P. AND 0. COMPANY. Sydney, November 24. The, assistant superintendent of the P..and O. Company, referring to a New Zealand cable that it was intended to register steamers in Australia, declared that it was the first he had heard of the matter. He did not know where it originated, but there were absolutely no grounds for such-a statement. THE BULLFINCH RAILWAY. . Perth, November 24. The Assembly agreed to the appropriation of £40,000 for the Bullfinch railway. A BIG ORGANISATION. Melbourne, November 24. The Tramway Employees' Association has adopted a Federal constitution. This brings the association r into , line with 10,000 tramway employees in Australia.