AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 81, 22 August 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

MR. ALFRED HILL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, August 21. Tile Amateur Orchestral Society has ■been resuscitated and ilr. Alfred Mill 'appointed conductor. A PLEA FOR THEFT. Melbourne, August 21. A m s an was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at Benalla oil a charge of aiding and abetting his thirteen-year-old son to steal. He pleaded that he had a family of five children who were starving. ' j EARTHQUAKE RECORDS-. I ' Adelaide, August 21. The observatory on Sunday morning J recorded earthquake shocks. The cenItro of the disturbance was possibly the Caroline Islands. A CHURCH ON FIRE. Melbourne, August 21. A fire seriously damaged the Baptist Church in West Melbourne. Incendiarism is suspected. THE WRECK OF THE WOLFF. Melbourne, August 21. At the inquiry into the wreck of the 1 G. W. WolfT, one of the crew declared that the captain was nol sober on the night of the wreck. a.nd that he had been drunk oil several occasions during the voyage from Buenos Ayres. The second mate gave evidence that he never saw the captain under the influence of drink. He never touched it at sea. He added that no cast was taken and the lead never used. BUTTER GRADING. , Melbourne. Augusjt 2.1. As a result of the decision ,of the High Court on butter-grading, Mr. Tudor foreshadows amending legislation 'pro- , viding for the grading of all classes. He j claims that the benefit of grade, marking had been shown, since compulsory marking had forced the price of Australian ibuttcr in the London market so as to equal that of New Zealand butter and almost equal that of Danish. AN AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY. Sydney, August 21. Miss Mary Proctor, speaking at a meeting given to welcome her by the Empire League, said her mission was to push the proposed solar observatory in Australia. The British Empire League was specially joined with the scientific i bodies in carrying out the project. She did not want Australia left out, but if provision was not made here the ob- | .servntorv would go to some other eounI trv south of the line.