AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8445, 18 May 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SCULLING. Received May 17, 10.24 a.m. SYDNEY, May 17. George Towns has issued a challenge to row anyone on the Thames for the Championship of England and £2OO aside, provided anyone will meet his brother Charles on the Thames for the Championship of the World.

LABOUR FOR QUEENSLAND. Received May 17. 10.24 a.m. BRISBANE, May,l7. Five hundred labourers will leave England this month for work on the sugar plantations. THE CRICKET TROUBLE. Received May 18, 12.7 a.m. SYDNEY. May. 17. M. A. Noble states that players intend to renew their demand for direct representation on the Board of Control before the players decide what to do if their request is refused. AUSTRALASIAN MUTTON. Received May 18, 12.7 a.m. ADELAIDE, May 17. In* reference to Sir Wm. Lyne's remarks regarding frozen mutton, Mr Ralph, an exporter of Australian produce, says that Sir Wm. Lyne may have been comparing New Zealand mutton just imported with Australian that had been kept a long time in cold stores. Another aspect was that only an expert could 'pretend to compare the different classes of mutton and he was not aware that Sir Wm. Lyne had extensive knowledge on the subject. If Sir Wm. Lyne's remarks applied to lambs then the matter of great importance to South Australia was that New Zealand lambs as well as those of other countries looked much fresher on arrival than when kept for a period in cold store. He concludes: —"Our lamb-raisers need not be perturbed by the cable. They are quite able to hold their own on the London market."