AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8349, 4 February 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SHOOTING FATALITY. PERTH, February 2. A man named Lee, in the Bunbury district, while taking down a gun with the intention of shooting birds, accidentally shot his wife dead. In his grief the husband hanged himself. PLAGUE IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, February 2. Another case of plague has occurred in King Street, and another atKempsey. Received February 4, 1.7 a.m. SYDNEY, February 3. Another death has occurred through plague, making three deaths out of ten cases. THE POSEIDON GOLDFIELD. MELBOURNE, February 2. Nuggets valued- at £I,OOO have been found at Poseidon. A rush set in yesterday afternoon. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM. MELBOURNE, February 2. A British rifle team will visit Australia next October if certain contingencies are satisfactory. These, it is presumed, include finances. STATE POLITICS. MELBOURNE, February 2. Mr J. C. Carter has been elected to represent the Public Service in the Victorian Parliament, vice Mr Gaunson, who resigned his seat. SHIPPING. Received February "4, 1.7 a.m. CLARENCE RIVER, Feb. 3. Sailed—Jap, for Greymouth. MELBOURNE, Feb. 3. Arrived---Warrimoo. / * _______ SIR JOSEPH WARD. :' Received February 4, 1.7 a.m. , SYDNEY, February 3. Sir J. G. Ward sailed for England in the Mongolia yesterday.