AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9040, 25 January 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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THE STRANDING OP THE BARQUE HINEMOA. DISSATISFIED SEAMEN DISPLACE THE CAPTAIN. FIRST OFFICER TAKES COMMAND. Received January 24, 10.33 a.ir. MELBOURNE, January 24. When the barque Hinemoa, stranded at Lome, was towed off, the captain decided to sail to port without the aid of tugs. After proceeding for some hours the crew became dissatisfied with the captain's navigation, and the command was transferred to the first officer. The captain admits that control I was taken from him because he car- V ried too much sail. KALGOORLIE MINE EXPLOSION. ONE VICTIM SUCCUMBS. * Received January 24, 10.46 a.m. PERTH, January 24. Watson, one of the men injured at the Associated Mine, Kalgoorlie, has succumbed to his injuries. (A premature explosion occurred at the mine, and Watson and another I were badly injured. Watson, who i was a contractor, ha I both eyes Llo.vn out). BUSH FIRES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. SIX HUNDRED MILES OF COUNTRY SWEPT. AN UNKNOWN MAN BURNT. Received January 24, 10.46 a.m. ADELAIDE, January 24. Six hundred miles of country was swept by the bush fires. An unknown man was burnt in the scrub. THE NAME OF SEDDON. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TRIBUTE. Received January 24, 10.46 a m. ADELAIDE, January 24. The names of ne* "hundreds" have been gazetted. The Government has given 'tin name "Seddon" to one to perpetuate in Australia the name of New Zealand's late Prime Minister. DISPUTED TERRITORY. VICTORIA AND SOUTH AU3- . \ TRALIA. Received January 24, 10.40 a.m. MELBOURNE, January 24. The Stale Government has agreed to pay South Australia £107,000 for the strip of disputed territory on the border, subject to the approval of the Parliament of both States. FEDERAL TARIFF. SECOND READING IN SENATE. Received January 24, 10.33 a.,m. MELBOURNE, January 24. The Senate has taken the second reading of the tariff. Consideration is being given to the schedule. THE WRECK OF THE THODE FAGELUND. to _____ Received January 25, 1.9 a.m. SYDNEY, January 24. The weather is fine, and the Thode lund's position is unchanged. Captain Spinks, who will conduct the salvage operations, arrived at noon by the Mokoia from Port Stephens. (The Norwegian steamer Thode Fagelund went ashore on the Cronulla , beach on Thursday.) (