AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 2, 27 June 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. ' c By Cable—Pross AaaooiaUo*— Copyright. 1 Melbourne, June 20. * The Federal Government proposes to ' obtain the balance of the men required ' to man the fleet and not available in * Australia from the Imperial navy. It ' is expected that in a year or two suf- j ficient locallv trained men will be avail- ' able. " \ "HAMLET" IN SYDNEY. \ Sydney, June 26. \ Mr. 11. B. Irving's company has opened at Her Majesty's Theatre with , "Hamlet." The players had an en- . thusiastic reception 'and a crowded , house. Mr. Irving's personation of "Hamlet" was brilliant. CORONATION CLEMENCY. \ Adelaide, June 26. , The tramway employees have asked , [ the general manager that all employees , in the service who have been punished \ during the year may have their punish- ~ ments rescinded in honor of the Corol nation, on the ground that a similar '. , privilege has been extended to 1 prisoners. , KILLED BY A BOAR, : Adelaide, June 20. \ ( i A boar attacked and killed a man ; - named Sobasz. i ■• i 1 A HEAVY FROST. Sydney, June 20. i Saturday morning's frost was the ' ' heaviest experienced during June in » Sydney since 1859. 1 SUGAR WORKERS' STRIKE. Sydney, June 26. j The representatives of the Queensland sugar strikers in Sydney are organising assistance. They state that five thousand field and mill hands are 1 affected, and it is expected that an- ' other five thousand on the southern sugar fields will shortly be involved. JAPANESE TRAINING SHIP. Melbourne, June 26. j 1 The Japanese training ship Taisei '• Maru, which is making a voyage round , the world, has arrived. CHARGES AGAINST PEARLERS. Perth, June 26. The masters of the two pearling n schooners Harriet and Fortum, recently '" seized by the warship Guyundali, have been charged, with smuggling ship '.' stores and pearl smuggling. They pleaded not guilty, and the ease was adjourned, n , " A LIFE SENTENCE ENDED. , Melbourne, June 26. ,' A man named Lukins, who was serv--1 ing a, life sentence for the murder of Mrs. Baikic, at Marricksville, in 1902, . has died in gaol. n , l - THE HIGH COURT. Melbourne, June 26. j The last High Court sittings upset »1 five out of six of the State Court's decisions, r-