AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8233, 10 September 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

TOWNS v. DURNAN.

Reoeived September 9, 5.18 p.m. ' SYDNEY, September 8.

Durnan, the Canadian sculler, will meet Towns on the Parramntta River, about the middle of March. He will sail for Sydney on Uotober Ist. Towns is allowing bin] £IOO for expenses.

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS,

Reoeived September 9, 5.18 p.m. SYDNEi*, September 9. £The Boxing Championships started last night at the National Sports Club. A feature of the contests was the defeat of the Queenslanders, who were beaten in every event. New Zealand boxers were successful in two contests. Mayze beat Maokny (New South Wales) in the lightweight division in four rounds, making it very willing for his opponent. Tresize beat Cummings (New South Wales) in the featherweight division in three rounds; while Dickinson (New South Wales), after an excellent contest, vanquished Tracy (New Zealand) in the bantam division.

A LOCK-OUT THREATENED.

Received September 10, 1.8 a.m SYDNEY, September 9.

There is every prospeofc of a general lock-out of the Maitland district miners, failing negotiations for She abolition of the working of the "dog watoh" in the pita on Sunday nights. The Kuri Kuri miners gave a fortnight's notice, which terminates at midnight to-night. This notice directly affects 275 men, but reports from Newcastle to-night state that the owners are determined tnat if the men refuse to work the "dog watoh" they will not be allowed to enter the pits to-morrow morning. This means that about two thousand men will be idle. A BOXING BILL. MELBOURNE, September 8. Mr Bent's Bill to restrict boxing is ready. It will prohibit boxing for money, and contains some drastio provisions, a breach of which is pun ishabie by imprisonment.

SUIOiDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

BRISBANE. Septemberß. A young woman named Campbell, while proceeding in oustody on the steamer Kuranda to Townsville, on a charge of having shot and seriously wounded a Japanese, squeezed through a port-hole and was drowned.

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

MELBOURNE, September 8.

Mr Deakin, the Federal Premier, baa announced that it will be impossible to deal further with the Tariff Commission's report this session; also that it is desirable the general elections shall be held towards tne end of November.

THE TRAMWAY ENQUIRY.

SOCIETY LADIES ENGAGED AS INSPECTORS.

SYDNEY, Septembers. At the tramway enquiry one witness asserted that ladies of some prominence in sooiety were engaged as private inspeotore. Witness said he could supply names, but the chairman of the oommisson would not allow him.