AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8479, 5 July 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE MAIL CONTRACT. Received July 4, 9.38 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 4. Mr Deakin states that the Laing Syndicate's contract has been cancelled because the additional bond of £25,000 was not forthcoming. The original bond of £25,000 is to be forfeited, though it is understood that the Government does not intend to deal harshly with the syndicate.

Received July 4, 10.7 p.m. MELBOURNE, July 4

Mr A. Deakin, in reply to questions in the House, said that the Government had already taken steps to get the forfeited mail contract bond converted into cash. New tenders "would be called immediately and were returnable within three months. The new contract would provide for a specific time for building the steamers, and the penalty for failure to fulfil the contract would be double that in connection with the first contract. lj::j

CRIME IN MELBOURNE. Received July 4, 9.47 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 4. A constable surprised three burgJars in the cellar of a hotel at Brunswick. He watched until he had secured the services of a passer-by, and aroused the inmates. In the meantime the burglars cut their way through the bar floor. When the constable gained admittance he saw them escaping into the street. He fired three unavailing shots. The robbers secured no booty.

NEW ZEALAND MEAT-CANNING METHODS. Received July 4, 9.47 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 4. Major Long, representative of the War Office, has completed his enquiries into the methods of meat canning. He states that he is perfectly satisfied with the sanitary conditions under which the operations are conducted in Australia and New Zealand.

NEW SOUTH WALES DRINK BILL.

Received July 4, 9.47 a.m. SYDNEY, July 4

Canon Boyce, in his annual review of the liquor traffic, shows that New South Wales last year spent £4,684,671 in drink, being £118,659 above the figure of the previous year. The expenditure per head of population was £3 Is 6d, being an increase of twopence. DEATH OP AfRACEHORSE. Received July 4, 9.47 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 4. The racehorse Sir Tristram broke its neck on the steamer en route from Tasmania.

THE SUGAR INDUSTRY,

Received July 4, 10.7 p.m. SYDNEY, July 4.

One hundred and four Spaniards have arrived under agreements work in the Queensland canefields.

HIDES MARKET. Received July 4, 10.7 p.m. • MELBOURNE, July 4. Good conditioned lots of hides are steady. Others are quoted at £d to Jd lower. ACCIDENT ON A BARQUE. Received July 4, 10.7 p.m. SYDNEY, July 4. The crew of the Italian barque Avantisavoia were hoisting the anchor when the capstan reversed owing to a pawl failing to act, and six men were knocked down. Others were struck by the flying capstan bars. Four of the men were badly injured. SUSPECTED MURDER. Received July 5, 1 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 4. ' A mysterious affair is reported from Nathalia. A young married woman named Oliver, was found sitting dead in her house with a bullet wound in the back of her head. Murder is suspected.

THE PYRAMUS.

Received July 5. 1.1 a.m. SYDNEY, July 4.

Further examination of the warship Pyramus, which has been docked, has disclosed the fact that a number of plates were dented when she grounded.

THE WHEAT MARKET. Received July 5, 1 a.m. ADELAIDE, July 4. Wheat is advancing in price and is now quoted at 3s lid. Are von going away for n. holiday. Then let J. J. CURTIS & CO., LTD., Forwardirg. Shipping, and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, take charge of your luggage. The charges will be moderate and everything will be checked and forwarded quickly. Now, if from any sudden chill A cold your nose should tint, On no account take anything For it but Peppermint. We all are liable to colds Or frequently to cough, On hand keep Woods' mighty Cure, Don't put this matter oil.

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