AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8359, 15 February 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

MAROONED SEAMEN. Received February 14, 10.3 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 13. The captain of the Danish schooner Catherine, which was wrecked at the Crozet Islands, in the Southern Ocean, on December 14th, fears that the men, eleven in number, who have been left on the Crozet Islands, are badly off. The stores on the island were left there in 1868. The hut, the captain says, has been blown down, and the goods were scattered on the beach, and have either perished or are uneatable. The men are living on seals. The only firewood is what they can get from the wreckage of the vessel. They had been for a month on the island before the captain and the two men sailed to try to reach Australia. The Jvessel went to pieces in a hurricane. The crew, in two boats, were caught by a huge wave and hurled ashore.

The captain suggests * that a fast steamer should be sent from the Cape of Good Hope. He says it could reach the island in nine days. THE PLAGUE. Received February 14, 9.20 a.m. SYDNEY, February 14. Plumbers who were engaged in work in the plague area have been BRISBANE, February 14. A death from plague occurred at Ipswich. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Received February 14, 9.20 a-m. SYDNEY, February 14. A man, named Leith, a New Zealander, living apart from his wife, entered her mother's residence, at Petersham, last night. After a quarrel with an old man, named Medhurst, he drew a revolver and shot Medhurst dead. He then, placing the revolver at his own temple, killed himself. .. . i; * s '^££££ NORTHERN TERRITORY.

Received February 14, 9.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 14. A provisional agreement has been arrived at between the Federal Government and the Government of South Australia, to transfer the control of the Northern Territory to the Federation. The transfer is said to be conditional on the transcontinental railway being completed and on the adoption of a policy of development.

CASTLEMAINE MURDER

Received February 14, 9.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 14. A Chinaman, named Ah You, was arrested for the Castlemaine murder. (In this case another Chinaman was brutally murdered, and his body was found down an old shaft near Castlemaine). BROKEN HILL. s l Received February 14, 8.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 14. During the' last half year the Broken Hill Proprietary Company earned a gross profit of £345,621, and a net profit of £314,284. W. P. CRICK. Received February 15, 12.58 a.m. SYDNEY, February 14. At the Full Court, to-day, W. P. Crick was called upon to show cause why he should not be struck off the rolls. The case was adjourned until the Attorney - General decided whether he intended to take further criminal proceedings against Crick.