AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8517, 23 August 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Eeeeived August 22, 8.49 a.m. SYDNEY, August 22. Obituary—Mr Laidley Mort, chairman of Mart's Dock Company; aetat 63.

A SMART RUN. Eeeeived August 22, 7.50 a.m. SYDNEY, August 22. The cruiser Challenger has made a record by steaming from Brisbane to Sydney in twenty-three hours fonty minutes, averaging 17 knots. BROKEN HILL MINE. Received August 22, 9.35 a.m. SYDNEY, August 22. The production of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine for the half-year ended May is valued at £829,445, the net profits being over £308,000. OPIUM SMUGGLING. Received August 22, 7.50 a.m. SYDNEY, August 22. The Customs seized 400 tins of opium secreted in chests of tea brought by the steamer Empire for a Chinese consignee. A VOTE OF CENSURE. ! Received August 22, 9 a.m. BRISBANE, August 22. j In the Assembly Mr Lockyer moved a vote of censure on the Government. The debate is unfinished. Received August 23, 1.3 a.m. BRISBANE, August 22. The censure motion against the Government was defeated by 31 votes to 16. j ' THE FIRE ON THE INDRAGHIRI. i Received August 22, 10.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 22. The Indraghiri had completed discharging the Melbourne portion of her cargo, and was to have departed for New Zealand this morning. Tha fire was confined to No 1. 1 o'd. A portion of the cargo was dam - aged by fire and water, but the extent is unknown till a survey has been made. PAYMENT OF FEDERAL MEMBERS. Received August 22, 9:36 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 22. The Lord Mayor presided over a crowded meeting in tie Town Hall. Resolutions were adopted protesting against Federal members raising their allowances before consulting the electors. It was decided to forward the resolutions to the Lord Mayors and Mayors of the principal cities of the Commonwealth, with a view to concerted action. THE MEASURE IN THE SENATE. Received August 22, 10.23 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 22. In the Senate the Bill for increasing members' allowances passed the committee stages without amendment. SECESSION. EXCITED WEST AUSTRALIANS. Received August 22, 10.23 a.m. FREMANTLE, August 22. The Municipal Council has endorsed a request from the Anti-Federal League that Parliament be asked to take immediate steps to secure Westralia's withdrawal from the federation. _ | The discussion disclosed a strong ; anti-Federal feeliner. j Councillor Healey considered there was only one way out —that by fighting. The State had only a quarter of a million people, but a ; man with a just cause was as good as ; three others. If they took up arms j they could get out of the federation in 24 hours. He did not want to waste time passing a resolution; they should act at Once. HIDES SALES. Received August 22, 10.25 p m. MELBOURNE, August 22. At the hides sale good conditioned lots are steady; others are irregular.