AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8371, 2 March 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

JUVENILE SMOKING. Received March 1, 8.54 a.m. SYDNEY, March 1. The Broken Hill City Council has passed a by-law that youths under the age of sixteen years, if found smoking' in a public place, may have their tobacco confiscated, and may be fined a sum not exceeding £5. HEAVY RAINS IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. Received March 1, 5.54 a.m. SYDNEY, March 1. Central Australia is experiencing the heaviest rains it has known for twenty-five years. There are severe floods. A ROUGH VOYAGE. Received March 1, 8.54 a.m. SYDNEY, March 1. The Union Company's steamer Hauroto had an extremely tempestuous voyage from Auckland to the Islands. BOARD OP TRADE. Received March 1, 10.34 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 1. _ It is possible that when Mr Deakin and Sir William Lyne, who are delegates to the Maritime Conference, return from England, they will establish an Australian Board of Trade, modelled on the English Board of Trade. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. ; Received March 1, 10.27 a.m. SYDNEY , March 1. Great interest centres in the sculling race for the championship of the world, to be rowed on the Nepean tomorrow. Both men are in goqd condition. Durnan will row at lOst 101b, Towns at lOst Bjb. Both boats weigh about 241b. EXHIBITION JUDGING. Received March 1, 10.34 a.m. ADELAIDE, March 1. News has bean received that the judging at the Christchurch Exhibition was not satisfactory. The Stata representative is therefore consulting with the Vinegrowers' Association as to whether it is not advisable to withdraw South Australian wines from competition. THE SONOMA'S CREW. Received This Morning, 1.13 o'clock. ■ SYDNEY, March 1. Five of the remaining members of the Sonoma's crew have been sentenced to a month's imprisonment pending deportation.