AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 312, 27 May 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

OPIUM THIEF SENTENCED. By cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 27, 12.10 a.m. Sydney, May 26. Oswald Waterliouse was sentenced to three years' lard for stealing opiutn from a Chinaman. A NEW WHEAT CROSS. Melbourne, May 26. The principal of Dookie Agricultural College has produced a cross between Federation and another wheat, surpassing the former's yield by several bushels per acre. DESERTING HUSBANDS. Sydney, May 26. Mr. Holman states that he is preparing a Bill to co-operate with Victoria, South Australia and New Zealand in dealing with deserting husbands. N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. Sydney, May 26. The Assembly had an all-night sitting on the vote of censure debate. This vote of censure motion was defeated by 38 to 25. SUEZ CANAL DUES. Melbourne, May 26. The Minister of Customs will ask shipping companies trading to Australia if they propose making a reduction in freights equivalent to the reduction in the Suez Canal dues. MEASLES IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May 26. There is an epidemic of measles, and three hundred deaths have occurred. Doctors are unable to cope with the disease, as patients decline to follow their instructions. THE PRINZ WALDEMAR. Sydney, May 26. The illness of the surgeon of the Prinz Waldemar does not suggest smallpox, and it is probable that the vessel and crew will be released from quarantine to-day. LAND TAX RECEIPTS. Melbourne, May 26. The revision of the expected receipts from the Federal land tax confirms the belief that the Treasurer's estimate of ,£1,000,000 will be about realised. MOUNT LYELL MINE. Melbourne, May 26. Mount Lyell mine for the four weeks ended May 17 treated 28,219 tons of ore, which produced 728 tons blister copper containing 719 tons copper, 4(1,040 ounces silver, and 723 ounces gold.