AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8461, 11 June 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

REPATRIATED AUSTRALANS. Received June 10, 10.15 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 10. Another batch of 676 repatriated Australians has arrived from South Africa. HIGH COMMISSIONER. Received June 10, 8-25 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 10. It is rumoured that Sir William Lyne, Commonwealth Minister for Trade and Customs, who was conspicuous at the Navigation and the Imperial Conferences, will be offered the position of High Commissioner in London for tho Commonwealth. KILLED BY A MOTOR CAR. Received June 10, 8.25 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 10. The Rev. J. Gillet, rector of St. Mathias, Paddington, Sydney, who was on a visit here, was run over and killed by a motor car at St. Kilda yesterday. FLOODS AT NORFOLK ISLAND. Received June 10, 8.25 a.m. NORFOLK ISLAND, June 10. Heavy rains have flooded the lowlying parts of the town. SYDNEY DERBY. NEW ZEALAND HORSES STRUCK OUT. Received June 11, 12.40 a.m. SYDNEY, June 10. The New Zealand horses Bebington, Oxton, Wallassey, Hippolytus, Eona and Woodside, have been struck out of the Sydney Derby. THE MANUKA. Received June 11, 12.40 a.m. SYDNEY, June 10. The Manuka arrived from Suva at 2 o'clock, this afternoon, and sailed at 8 o'clock to-night for New Zealand. SALE OF A YEARLING. Received June'll, 12.40 a.m. SYDNEY, June 10. . A yearling brother to Beresina, End sister to Cross Battery, recently brought from New Zealand to Sj dney, has been sold to a Victorian buyer. The price,has not been disclorel.