AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9049, 7 February 1908, Page 5

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SMALL-POX. JAPANESE STEAMER IN QUARANTINE. Received February 6, 10.50 a.m. , BRISBANE, February 6. The Nikko Maru, Japanese mail I steamer, passed Thursday Island in quarantine. She landed two cases of small-pox at Manilla. The health of all on board is goodNEW ZEALAND FISH. A PROPOSAL DEFEATEDReceived February 6, j10.38 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 6. An effort in the Federal Senate to make New Zealand blue cod free of duty was defeatedSTEAMER WINDSOR WRECKED. ONE MAN KILLED. CREW REFUSE TO LEAVE VESSEL. Received February 6, 10.50 a.m. PERTH, February 6. The steamer Windsor, from Fremantle to Hongkong, was wrecked on Sunday night west of Pelsart Island, one of the Abrolhos Group. Her bottom was smashed in. Six whites and fourteen Chinese landed. The chief engineer (Mr Jenkins) was dashed on to a reef and killed. The remainder of the crew refused to leave the vessel, and are safe there unless bad weather comes on. Assistance has been sent. Received February 6, 11.12 p.m. LONDON, February 6. The steamer Windsor is insured for £20,000. CONVICTS FOR THE PACIFIC. A REPORT NOT WORTH NOTICING. Received February 6, 10.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 6. The Federal Premier, Mr Deakin, has received a telegram from the German Consul-General in Sydney, stating that the matter of sending convicts to the Pacific was] only mentioned by one man in the Reichstag, and passed quite unnoticed by German public opinion. ALLEGED INCITEMENT TO KILL. A MAN ARRESTED. Received February 6, 10.38 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 6. David Chard, a farmer at Terang, has been arrested, charged with attempting to have poison administered to a baby.

DARING JEWELLERY ROBBERY

Received February 7, 12.54 a.m. ADELAIDE, February 6. A daring robbery of £BOO worth cf jewellery is reported to have occurred at Paynham.