AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8243, 22 September 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SMALLPOX ON A STEAMER,

Received September 21, 8.48 a.m. SYDNEY, September 21. The steamer Ardgowan has arrived at Newcastle from Java. One of tbe crew is suffering from smallpox. POLITICAL CRISIS. Received September 21, 8.48 a m. ADELAIDE, September 21. The Legislative Council insists on its amendments to the Franchise Bill —the oause ot sharp dissension between the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. A conference of the two Chambers will now take place. ITALIAN AGRICULTURISTS. Received September 21, 8.48 a.m. PERTH, September 21. A delegation of Italian agriculturists under Chevalier Zuninj, has arrived to investigate the merits of the StatejToc Italian emigrants. THE MINING TROUBLE. Received September 21, 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, September 21. Several miners £in Newcastle Have accepted the proprietors' proposals. The selling prioe of ooal is to be raised to ten on June Ist next. This carries with it an increase in tbe hewing rate of fourpence. GRUESOME FIND IN A LAGOON. Received September 21, 9.17 a.m. MELBOURNE, September 21. Two boys, while fishing in a lagoon at Albert Park, found a parcel floating in the water. An examination showed the contents to be a portion of tbe body of a man. The flesh had been out from the lower portion of the tiunk, but no trace of bones was found. A seoond parcel showed a mixture of human organs, adhering to which was a granular substance that seemed to be sawdust.

A remarkable feature is the at sence of bones, which suggests the possibility of a gruesome joke on the part of medical students. The police, however, regard it as a case of murder.