AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8302, 4 December 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SIR SAMUEL GILLOIT RESIGNS.

Received December 3, 11.52 p.m. ' MELBOURNE, Decembers. Sir Samuel Gillott haa resigned tbe portfolio of Chief Seoretary on the ground of ill-health.

A STRIKE, Received December 4, 1.5 a.m. SYDNEY, December 3. ' The men employed at the Mount Lyell Mining Company s Coke Woiksat Port Kembla have struck for higher wages. TWO BOYS DROWNED. Received December 4, J. 15 a.m. SYDNEY, December 3. Two boys, named Clifford, were drowned at Inverell while bathing. AUSTRALIAN RACING. Received December 3, 11.52 p.m. SYDNEY, December 3. Putty has been allotted Bst 61b in, TattersaliyQup, Bsfc 71b in the Summer Cup, and Bst 101b in the VilHers Staked.

THE PERTH INSURANCE WA^. Received Deoember 3, 9.8 a.m. PERIH, Deoember 3. The insurance war continues un« abated. The City Council has insured property to the e>tent of £20,000 with the Alliance Company for three years at 5d per cent. A PARLIAMENTARY JUBILEE. Reoeived December 3, 9.8 a.m. '* HO BART, December 3. The Jubilee of Parliamentary Government in Tasmania was celebrated on Saturday. i '. ADELAIDE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Reoeived Daoemter 3, 9.8 a.m. ADELAIDE, Deoember 3, A feature of the city municipal eleotions was tbe defeat of the Socialist candidates for nearly every seat. COPPER BORING. Received Deoember 3, 9.8 a.m. . ADELAIDE, December 3. Owing co the improved prices oopper boring operations have restarted in the Kapunda mine, which has not bapn worked for 25 years.