AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 6 April 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NEW ZEALAND SHEEP IN

SYDNEY

Received April 5, 8.40 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. At the sales of New Zealand sheep there was good competition. Lin coins: Mr Pearce's realised 6gns to 6Jgns. Leicesters: One of sixes (?) rams realised 21 gns, others 9gns, others £2 10s to £7; Mr Threlkeld's £5 to £5 ss; Mr Pearce's £5; Mr Johns', £6 ss; Mr Grey's, £3 10s. Southdowns: Mr Johns', £3 3s. Romney Marshes: Mr Bidwill's, £2 10s to £5; Messrs Mackenzie and Lovelock's, £3 to £6 10s; Mr Mackenzie's £2 10s to £3; Mr A. Mackenzie's, £1 15s; Mr Pearce's, £2 to £3; Mr McLennan's, £2 10s to £3; Messrs Grey Brothers' £1 10s. Shropshires: Mr Johns', £4 4s; Mr Mackenzie's, £1 10s.

MOUNT LYELL,

Received April 5, 10.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 5. The Mount Lyell Company, from February 28th to March 27th, treated 23,6;)8 tons oi ore, also 1,320 tons of purchased ore, for a yield of 608 tons blister copper, containing 601 tons of copper, 48,001 ounces of silver, and 1,3&7 ounces of

A BIASSED JUROR,

Received April 5, 10.7 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. The High Court has granted an appeal against the Supreme Court's decision in the case against the juror Brown. (Brown was a juror in the CrickWillis case, and was charged with having declared, in effect, before the hearing was completed, that his verdict would be not guilty whatever the evidence was. The Supreme Court found that while Brown was guilty of gross misconduct, there was no way of convicting him except by accepting as evidence the affidavits of other jurors. This the court refused to do, because of the danger that might follow if it was decided generally that affidavits of what occurred in jury rooms were to be considered.)

YEARLING SALES.

Received April 6,12.34 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. At the yearling sales Mr Earnshaw paid 3,050 guineas for a brother of Poseidon. The yearling was bought for the owner of Poseidon.

OBITUARY,

Received April 6, 12.34 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 5., _ The death is announced of Sir Henry Cuthbevt, Legislative Councillor and member of several Ministries; aetat 78.

PROPOSED EXHIBITION.

Received April 6, 1.5 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. Mr J. Carruthers, Premier, promised a deputation that he would seriously consider holding an international exhibition in Sydney in 1910, (estimated to cost £300,000.

SHIPPING,

Received April 6, 12.36 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. Arrived —Manuka, at noon. NEWCASTLE, April 5. Arrived —Wairuna, from New ZeaQarad.

SALE -OF A STALLION

Received April 5, 8.30 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. H!he stallion Sylvanite has changed lhands for .700 guineas.