AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8450, 29 May 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PLAGUE. Received May 28, 8.44 a.m. v SYDNEY, May 28. A plague patient has died at the hospital. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Received May 29, 1.17 a.m. SYDNEY, May 28. Charlie Towns signed articles, today, to row Webb, of Wanganui* for the championship of the world. POISONED WITH GAS. Received May 28, 8.44 a.m. SYDNEY, May 28. A woman, named Eva Millen, together with her daughter (Mrs Moore) and her daughter Olga, were poisoned at Paddington through gas escaping in a room. Mrs Millen is I dead, and the others are in a critical condition. Mrs Millen's husband is supposed to be in New Zealand. A TRAMCAR FATALITY. Received May 28, 8.44 am. FREMANTLE, May 24. The brakes failing, a tramcar left the rails and dashed into a fence. A man named Fallon was killed, and his wife, another passenger, and the motorman were injured. DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Received May 28, 8.44 a.m. SYDNEY, May 28. Owing to drought in the Wagga district, some flocks have been reduced 50 per cent. Lambs and old ewes are being killed off through shortness of feed. " / i BIG WHEAT SHIPMENT FOR THE EAST. Received May 28, 8.55 a.m. ADELAIDE, May 28. The steamer Vermont has sailed for Hongkong and Yokohama with 224,000 bushels (about 6,000 tons) of wheat. This is the largest shipment yet made from South Australia j to the Far East. CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS, j Received May 28, 8.30 a.m. BRISBANE, May 28. The Australian Premiers' Conference has opened. The proceedings are private. Mr Kidston, Premier of Queensland, is presiding. CRICKET. Received May.2B, 8.30 a.m. SYDNEY, May 28. Mr Trickett, president of the Cricket Association, has submitted a proposal to lift the suspensions on players. *The meeting decided to discuss the question in camera. Mr Trickett objected, and forthwith resigned the presidency.