AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 82, 23 August 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

1 TDK WRECK OF THE WOLFF. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Melbourne, August 22. Several members of the crew of the Wolff gave evidence that the captain j was drunk on -trip njght of the wreck. | On the other hand, a .seaman who had been on the ship three and a half years said he never saw him touch drink.' He thought the captain loved the ship, and let his life go with her. PROSPECTS OF WAR. Sydney. August 22. Dr. Fischi, a well-known surgeon, has returned from a trip to Europe, in an interview he said that all nations wenprepared for a big war, and he should not be surprised to hear of an outbreak any daw A war wa? a good thing to clear (he atmosphere, anil would probably result in the diminution of the enormous crushing expenditure on armaments. I PRUSSrC ACID POISONING. Melbourne, August 22. Dr. Mullen, superintendent of the , Ararat hospital for the insane, has been found dead, in bed. Ho is supposed to have been poisoned by prussic acid. He i was married a second time only three weeks ago. SYDNEY TRAMWAYS. Sydney, August 22. The Tramwaymen's Union is takin» active measures to prohibit footboard riding. The inspector-general has been asked to instruct the police to assist the conductors in carrying out the bylaws. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Melbourne, August 22. Mr. Fisher has no information on the proposed conference to discuss a Stateowned Atlantic cable. SYDNEY GAS COMPANY. Sydney, August 22. The Gas Company lias discharged 300 men, owing to the Assembly hanging up the Bill required to raise 'the necessary capital. Meantime hundreds of applications from people requiring "as to be laid on are blocked. ° °