AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 311, 26 May 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A QUARANTINE QUESTION. By cable. —Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, May 25. The owners of the Prinz Waldemar were informed that they could remove the vessel from quarantine without the officers and crew. The captain, however, refused to allow the steamer out' until he was in charge. PROHIBITED OPIUM. Sydney, May 25. The full court, in deciding an appeal, declared that opium, although prohibited property, could be the subject' of larceny, ■■ ■.. Walloon spiders. Melbourne, May 25. An extraordinary phenomenon is reported from Tallangatta. The atmosphere is full of millions of beautiful gossamer threads, so numerous as to cause inconvenience. They are attributed to balloon spiders. RAVAGES OF PHYLLOXERA. Melbourne, May 25. Owing to the ravages o£ phylloxera,' I the production of wine in Victoria has | fallen from 2,822,203 gallons in 1907 to I 991,941 guilds Jast ycav. > nfi *" FATAL MINING ACCIDENT. Perth, May 25. A third death is recorded in connection with the. accident at the Sons ol' Gwalia mine. An Italian miner named Bachillini is in a hopeless condition, and another's state is serious. 1 FEDERAL NOTE ISSUE. Melbourne, May 25. The Federal note issue has passed £6,000,000. A NEW DEPARTMENT. Sydney, May 25. The Government is converting the architect's branch of the Works Department into a building department, which will control the construction of all Government buildings.