AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9017, 2 January 1908, Page 5

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SNOW IN NEW SOUTH WALES ALPINE PARTIES IN TROUBLE. SYDNEY., .December 31. There have been heavy snowstorms in the Alps.. Two parties—one from New South Wales, the other from Victoria—are snowed up. Relief has been sent. A number of horses were frozen to death. RAILWAY CROSSING ACCIDENT. FAMILY RUN DOWN AND TWO KILLED. MELBOURNE, December 31. A train to Geelong at a level crossing ran down a trap. William Parker and his daughter were killed and three other of Palmer's children injured. SUPPOSED CASE OP POXNEWCASTLE, December 31. ' The steamer Elsa, from Shanghai, has been quarantined. There is supposed to be a case of smallpox aboard. BUILDING WORKS IN SYDNEY. THREE AND A HALF MILLIONS EXPENDED. SYDNEY, December 31. The year has heen of phenomenal activity in the building trade. No Jess than £3,626,000 was expended in the metropolitan area on buildings and other works. RECRUDESCENCE OF PLAGUE.

SYDNEY, December 31. ' A girl who h»s been employed in the vicinity of Darling Harbour was found to-day to be suffering from plague. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. TO BE HELD EARLY IN FEBRUARY. BRISBANE, December 31. The elections have been fixed for February sth. ii

BANKRUPTCIES IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Received December 31, 10.39 p.m. SYDNEY, December 31. During the year closing to-night there were 367 bankruptcies in New South Wales. The liabilities aggregated £219,668, and the assets £154,454.

SHOT DEAD.

A BUSINESS MAN KILLS A STOCKTAKER. Received January 2, 12.18 a.m. SYDNEY, January 1. Henry Price, a well-known business man residing at Newtown, shot a stock taker named Sullivan dead 1 in his shop. Price had assigned his estate, and the victim was engaged to make an inventory. It is believed that Price was insane.

COMMONWEALTH METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU. I Received January 1, 10.12 a.m. MELBOURNE, January f. The Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau comes into existence to-day. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. Received January 1, 10.12 a.m. BRISBANE, January 1. An attempt was made to wreck a train near Tiaro. A dog spike was clriven between two rails, but the train passed safely over the obstruction. AN EFFECT OF NEW LIQUOR ACT. SLY GROG-SELLING LARGELY INCREASED. Received January 1, 10.12 a.m. SYDNEY, January 1. The police state that since the new Liquor Act came into operation sly grog-selling has largely increased. The methylated spirit drinking evi' is spreading.