AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 145, 6 November 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

| WRECK AT PORT MORESBY. | IBy Cable—Press Association—-Copyright. 1 I Brisbane, November 5. j j The Papuan Government steamor . I Merrie England went aground on the j j reef outside Port Moresby. The heavy 1 1 weather following broke her up. The J crew were landed. i ' COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE CO. Melbourne, November 5. ,' The Governor has appointed Mm ) Laughton, Government Statist, and Mr. ] Brenuan, of the Railway Department, inspectors to enquire into the financial position of the Colonial Mutual Life So- | ciety. j FLOGGINGS REMITTED. Melbourne, November 5. The Governor, advised by the Attor-ney-General, has remitted the floggings which were to be imposed periodically on McDonald and Moore. THE N.S.W. ESTIMATES. ■Sydney, November 5. J Owing to the shortage of money the J Railway Commissioner has been in- ■ structe'd to rearrange the estimates, reducing them to over £1,000,000. It is deemed that this will not interfere with railway works proper, but many proposed improvements and additions will be shelved. RAIN IN AUSTRALIA, j Sydney, November 5. J Rain has fallen in the wheat areas in j the Riverina, and saved many crops from J comparative failure, j Melbourne, November 5. Good rains have greatly improved the crop prospects. A SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY. Sydney, November 5. A tragedy has taken place at Spring Terrace, near ,Orange. It is stated that a boy named Duncan, aged fifteen, shot his pmployer, a farmer named Connolly, dead after family prayers in which the murderer participated. He got a shot gun and fired through the window as Connolly was retiring to bed. In a confession to the police Duncan said , the deed was due to rough treatment and threats to return him to the State tckool. BLOCK TEN COMPANY. Sydney, November 5. The Broken Hill Block Ten Company's net profits for the past half year are £30,049. The working costs were 22s 7d per ton, compared with 18s Od for the last corresponding half year. The increase is due to labor conditions. MX. MORGAN RETURNS. Brisbane, November 5. Mount Morgan returns for October show that the gold reduction works produced 2793 ounces and the copper works 853 tons of copper and 11,422 ounces of gold, of the total value ef £90,214. The gold contents of the copper showed a marked improvement, averaging 7.7Bdwt per ton, compared with 0.40 dwt in September. <