AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8297, 28 November 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SERIOUS GRASS fc'IRES,

NUMBER OP STATIONS

DEVASTATED.

"Nceived November 27, 10.28 a.m., | , SYDNEY,. November 27. J ''<ish and grass Area are ftW i. the west, ragitftf 6VfC \u "ioatle (about 800 News f/otf? j?0o. states that miles west of 'ig several the tire has beeri burn.. •> have days. A number of station.. n? been devastated,' the flre ' „ 0r a distance of 200 mil3B towards a> l»r. i 'le grass through this country iff &» *ween*three and four feet high, aodl k e fl Qme9 1099 to a of TOi No> b®>- ,Q uould get witbln a mile nfffchwfiß* 9 « 88 waa B0 fl oTOe * Tlie migau 1886 a^so statea tba<: one rail* 1 a !! ani ** T st M be flWept alon« the 1 UX rhag'to the Murray.

FISESi ILL RAGING

S'IG'NS' OP 1 A PPP.O A CHING

Reoeived Novemfe®.* 1 1.10 a.m. SYDNEY, 3S<t vember 27. The fires are still 3®k ' n S m tu o west. ' There are signs of r»Biir approaching.

» RECENT OUTBREAK A 1 JiROUGHTON ISLAND.

Received November 27, 10 28 a.m. 'SYDNEY, November 27. Medical men who attended Dr Danysz and tbe members of his staff, who. were taken ill at Broughton Island, diagnosed the trouble as ptomaine poisoning, bat Dr Danysz, after investigation,, declares the illnesses wera cine to zmo poisoning due to drinking water collected from ziflo roofs.

BISHOPRIC OP BENDIGO

Received November 27, 10.30 a.m. SYDNEY, November 27. Archdeacon Langley has been nominated for the Bishopric of Beodigo. (The Ven. John Langley is a brother of the late Bishop of Bendigo He has been Archdeacon of Curnbarland since 1895).

PROPOSED FOOTBALL TEAM FOR ENGLAND.

Received^November 27, 11.20 p.m. SYDNEY, November 27. The New South Wales Rugby Union has cabled to England enquiring whether a visit of an Australian team would be acceptable next year.

THE CONSPIRACY CASE,

BATH ACQUITTED.

JURY LOCKED UP FOR THE

NIGHT.

Received November 27, 1.10 a.m. SYDNEY, November 27. The conspiracy case against Crick, Willis and Bath was concluded today. Tbe Judge, in summing up, attached weight to jPeter Close's evidence. The jury acquitted Bath, but were locked j,up for the night with regard to the other accused.