AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8367, 25 February 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

LADIES' SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Received February 24, 5.2 p.m. SYDNEY, February 24. For the ladies sculling championship, over a course of two miles on the Parramatta River, Miss Lewis defeated Mrs Woodbridge by 15 lengths in 19min 2 ssec. The contest was marred by several fouls. FROZEN MEAT TRADE. Received This Morning, 12.54 o'clock. MELBOURNE, February 24. A report has reached the Minister of Customs that the authorities of Sweden are endeavouring to prevent the importation of frozen meat from Australia by insisting on the production of the internal organs of each carcase. A protest has been made through the British Government. A NEW STEAMSHIP SERVICE. SYDNEY, February 23. Advices have been received" that arrangements have been completed for the formation of a new steamship service between France and I Australia, to be known as the Lloyd-Francais line. The fleet will consist of five powerful steamers of 7,000 tons each. As far as can be ascertained, the company confines its operations to the carriage of cargo.

INSUBORDINATE PRISONERS. PERTH, February 23. The prisoners who refused to work have been sentenced to terms of bread and water, and have forfeited portions of their remissions of sentence. PUBLISHING RACING ODDS. MELBOURNE; February 23.: Acting under legal advice, a city evening paper has published the odds of the forthcoming races, in defiance of the State's anti-gambling legislation. , THE MOST WOMAN-SUPPORTED CANDIDATE. MELBOURNE, February 23. The candidate at the late Federal elections who secured the highest proportion of women's votes is Mr Deakin, Federal Premier. GRASS FIRES IN QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE, February 23. Immense quantities of grass have been consumed by bush fires at Adavale, 205 miles from Rockhampton. Vast areas of Dilatah Station have been burned. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. SYDNEY, February 23. The scullers Towns and Durnan are in steady preparation for the race for the championship of the world, which will take place next Saturday. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. SYDNEY, February 23. A distinct earth tremor was felt yesterday at Gunning, near Goulbourn. MUTINY AT SEA. . SYDNEY, February 23. The agents of the Drumpark—the Italian ship which recently put back to Sydney in consequence of the nonItalian members of the crew refusing to obey orders, on the plea that the ship was unseaworthy—have cabled to Italy for a new captain. In the meantime, the crew are allowed to go free. A GOOD WORD FOR NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS. SYDNEY, February 23. The manager of the bowling team, which recently toured New Zealand, interviewed, said the team had a capital time in New Zealand, and it would not soon be forgotten by any one of them. "New Zeal&nd bowlers," he said, "are bowlers through and through. They are all capital players, throwing their whole soul into the game. New Zealanders have reduced bowling to a science."

MICROBES IN SYDNEY WATER. SYDNEY, February 23. The medical officer' of the Water Board reports that the city's water supply contains excessive organic and vegetable matter. There are several spiecies of organisms which could, under certain conditions, develop excessively and render the water unfit foi* consumption. A VESSEL BURNT AT SEA. $ Received This Morning, o'clock. FREMANTLE, : February 24. Th'e mate and ten hands of the Carnarvon Castle arrived in the ship's boat, this morning,' and report that the vessel was lost by burning about 800 miles south-west of Leuwin, on January 31st. The captain and sixteen hands left the vessel in a second lifeboat. Later in the day news came that the captain's boat had arrived at Cape Naturalist. An' apprentice named Owen and a sailmaker named Higgs are dead. No details are yet available.

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