AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8478, 4 July 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EXPLORER SPEARED BY BLACKS. Received July 3, 7.55 a.m. PERTH, July 3. Mr Tobin, member of the Government exploring party, has been fatally speared by blacks. NEWCASTLE COLLIERIES IDLE. Received July 3, 7.55 a.m. NEWCASTLE, July 3. As a result of the shipmasters' strike, three collieries have been rendered idle.

A DARING ROBBERY. Received July 3, 9.58 a.m. SYDNEY, July 3."™ A daring robbery took Jplace at the Yarrawonga engine-sheds early this morning. A man, armed with a stick, entered the sheds and threatened a train-cleaner, named Cherry, unless Cherry handed over his money. By this threat the robber secured from Cherry £3 12s, a watch, and a bicycle, and utilised the latter in escaping.

THE MAIL CONTRACT. Received July 3, 9.20 p.m. MELBOURNE, July 3. Mr A. Deakin stated, to-day, that the Government, being convineed 4 that the mail syndicate was unable to carry on except with indefinite delay, had cabled to Captain Collins, last night, to cancel the contract. Tenders will be called for the mail service to-morrow. Arrangements are being made with the Orient Company to carry on the service till the new tenders have been dealt with.

NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. Received- July, 3, 9.58 a.m. SYDNEY, July 3. In the Assembly, Mr McGowen, Leader of the State Labour Party, criticised the immigration policy of the Government. He said he knew of cases in which men had lost places because immigrants offered to work for less wages. Mr Carruthers, reviewing the financial position of the State, said he started the financial year with a cash credit, including the public works and closer settlement funds, of £1,962,000. This could be operated without touching on the trust funds, which, with the surplus, amounted to five millions. He considered that the position justified him in remitting taxation. The Legislative Council adopted the Address-in-Reply.