AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 317, 2 June 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A WISE MOVE. By Oatle—Pttwb Association—Copyright Sydney, June 1. Mr. llolmati ia considoring a law making adultery with a wife living with her husband a criminal offence. He states that he cannot sanction the socalled unwritten law where aggrieved husbands take action into their own hands. AN EXCITING CHASE. Sydney, June 1. The police arrested a supposed burglar after an exciting chase over the roofs of the Metropolitan Hotel and adjoining buildings in Goulburn-street.

UTILISING THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. Melbourne, June 1. The Federal Government is testing the suitability for producing starch of the wild rice of the Northern Territory, where there are millions of acres of it. BRISBANE GAS STRIKE. Brisbane, June 1. The secretary of the Trades Council denies that there is any talk of a general strike. A PECULIAR FATALITY. Sydney, June 1. A young man at Bathurst swallowed his false teeth while. laughing and was choked. A STEAMER AGROUND. Sydney, June 1. The steamer Rosedale is aground on the Bellinger bar. Her position is regarded as hopeless. SUNDAY PICTURE SHOWS. Sydney, June 1. An effort is being made to obtain an expression of public opinion regarding Sunday picture shows.

CHINESE BOYCOTT ENDED. Sydney, June 1. The Japanese steamer Kumano Maru, with 207 Chinese passengers from Hongkong, is considered as evidence of the breaking of the boycott by Chinese of Japan. CORONATION.,. DAY SERVICES. Sydney, June 1. Archbishop Wright, fn entreating churchmen to attend service on Coronation Day, declared that the reign may be fraught with■ a'*crisis in destiny for us as'an "Empire. TUB COMMONWEALTH SURPLUS. Sydney, June 1. The Acting-Federal Treasurer estimates the surplus at half-a-million. STRYCHNINE IN MAILS. Melbourne, June 1. Sorters at Burfian post office have been rendered ill through the presence of several broken bottles of strychnine in the mail bags. Their presence is a mystery.