AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9082, 6 May 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE MAITLAND MURDER. GREEN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Received May o, 10.10 p.m. SYDNEY, May 8.Green has been committed for tn'al on a charge of murdering Lilitn Bridge on Apr 1 14th. ;A girl, sixteen yea s of a:e, named Lilian Bridge, the Daughter of a dairy farmer near MtitUnd, was fcund butcherei in a paddock on April 14th. Her head was fearfully battered, the weapon used evidently being a tomahawk or axe. A young man, named Green, was arrested on sjspicionof havin committed the murder. A CYCLIST'S T. w ... Received May 5, 10 a.m. PORT DARWIN, May 5. Bertles, the cyclist who is ridin round Australia, has arrived i.tre from Queensland.

SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN TASMANIA. Received Mav 5, 10 a.m. HO BART, May 5. * A severe earthquake has been felbftj at Zesha-:, Gormanston and Queens- * town. . At the hi';;* place crockery was shaken from i.he shelves, and people .led from their houses in terror. THE PREMIERS* CONFERENCE. Received May G, 12.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 5. The Premiers' Conference waited all day vainly for Mr A. Deakin's promised financial proposals. It is believe:! that the Federal Government are nervous with regard to presenting them, and rear a hostile reception. The Conference refolve.d that lighthouses should be provided on the Australian and T'asmanian coasts; that the matter is an urgent and pressing necessity and tint; the Fvderal Government should lie -asked to take definite action in the matter.