AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8516, 22 August 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FEDERAL TARIFF AND PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. Received August 21, 9.43 a.m. SYDNEY, August .21. The volume of the high tariff and the proposed increase of members' allowances is .steadily swelling throughout the States. The Premier of West Australia has wired to Sir William Lyne, Federal Treasurer, to the effect that the State Government views with grave alarm the increase in the tariff, which will strike a disastrous blow at the agricultural and mining industries.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Received August 21, 9.55 a.m. FREMANTLE, August 21. " The passengers by the Mongolia, from London, include Clara Butt, her husband, and their concert company, and Mr Henniker Heaton, M.P. (Clara Butt, the eminent contralto, and her husband, Mr Kennerley Rumford, intend giving concerts throughout Australasia*) ".Received August 21, 9.10 a.m. FREMANTLE, August 21. I Mr Henniker Heaton is on a health tour. He expresses the opinion that international penny postage will soon be an accomplished fact. Clara Butt confirms the report that she refused an offer of £IO,OOO to sing into a grarnaphone. SUPPOSED MURDER. Received August 21, 9.47 a.m. PERTH, August 21. An Indian named Kitchener has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Miss Fouracies. Letters, burning, were discovered in the hougi s . Her body, partially consumed, was also found inside, indications point to the conclusion that the woman was killed while in a field, and then placed inside the house, which was fired. Some of Miss Fouracies' belongings were found in the possession of Kitchener.

THE ARAWATTA-INGEBORG COLLISION. Received August 21, 9.55 a.m. BRISBANE, August 21. At the collision enquiry Mr Albertson, mate of the Ingeborg, deposed that the lights on the Ingeborg were all right a few minutes before the collision, and were not hidden. He saw the Arawatta for half an hour before the collision. He admitted that some nights during the voyage from Wellington the Ingeborg's lights were not lit. Received August 22, 12.2 a.m. BRISBANE, August 21. Mr Alb?rtson testified at the enquiry that the lights were lit for sixteen or seventeen nights after leaving New Zealand, but the lamps were not lighted on five or six nights, as they were short of oil. He denied that they had run out of oil on the night of the collision. He stated that the lamps were lit on that night. When the lamps were not lit a man stajed by ready to light them at a moment's notice.

A seaman, who was at the wheel between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning of the collision, stated that the lights were burning brightly when he was relieved.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Received August 21, 11.52 p.m. SYDNEY, August 21. . The second series of wool sales opened to-day. A small catalogue was submitted. The selection was fair, and tht market firm. Prices were fully equal to last year. The highest price received for greasy was 12Jd, and for scoured 23|d. AN INTERESTING SITUATION. Received August 21, 11.50 p.m. MELBOURNE, August 21. Sir William Lyne informed the House that he had received intelligence from Sydney that Mr J. H. Carruthers, Premier of New South Wales,jhad sent a force" of police to one of the wharves and removed a quantity of wire netting ordered ',by the State Government in defiance of the Customs officers. One of the members said that Mr Carruthers would have been arrested if the Government had done its duty. Sir William Lyne replied that he wanted to act judiciously, but he thought the Government must proceed further, and he had given orders to have the other shipment of wire netting placed under lock and key. Received August 21, 11.52 p.m. SYDNEY, August 21. Mr Carruthers sates that he instructed the police to remove a quantity of wire netting from one of the wharves in defiance of the Commonwealth Customs. He had .lone so as it was within the rights of the State under the Federal Constitution to import goods free of duty. The action of Mr Carruthers creates an interesting situation with the Federal authorities.

AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB. Received August 21, 9.43 a.m. SYDNEY, August 21. At the annual mooting of the Australian Jockey Club the profits were shown at £1,900 after expending £12,700 on improvements. The chairman stated that the effect of the Gaming Act had been increased attendance at the races, and a consequent increase in profits.

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jFIRE on a steamer. Received August 22, 12.2 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 21. A fire occurred on the steamer Indraghiri, but was extinguished after burning for an hour. It is believed that considerable damage has been done. The vessel is not much injured. SYDNEY TO PORT DARWIN BY CYCLE. Received August 22, 12.2 a.m. SYDNEY, August 21. Birtless, a cyclist, has begun to ride from Sydney to Port Darwin by way of Queensland, thence along the transcontinental telegraph line to Adelaide, and back to Sydney.