AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9087, 12 May 1908, Page 5

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STARVING STOCK. Received May 11, 10.18 a.m. SYDNEY, May 11. Numbers of starving stock arc rpaching the Narrabri district from the Riverina. It is stated that as low as a shilling a head has been asked lor the starving animals. NECESSARIES OF LIFE. PRICES ADVANCING IN SYDNEY. Received May 11, 10.18 a.m. SYDNEY, May 11. Butter is rising. It has advanced 6s per cwt. during the week for best, and 4s for other grades. Wheat has advanced sd. Bran and pollard are quoted at £8 per ton.

RELIGIOUS STATE UF BROKEN HILL.

STORM OF INDIGNATION.

Receiyfed May 11, 10.18 a.m. SYDNEY, May 11

There is a storm of indignation at Broken Hill over the charges made in the Presbyterian Assembly in vegard to the religious state of the city. The Assembly declares that the Rev. Mr Paterson's strictures have been misapprehended. He only made the allegation that he found in his field of work certain anti-Christian forces, but he made no general charge against Broken Hill. A TRIANGULAR STRIKE. CURIOUS POSITION IN SYDNEY. Received May 11, 10.30 a.m. SYDNEY, May 11. The atrike of painters, which continues, presents rather unusual features, owing to the triangular nature of the fight. The master builders took a hand in the dispute, and the master painters resented interference between and their men, with the result that the builders have been carrying out their own painting work by day labour. The painters, therefore, although on strike, have been at work, and at a rate above that paid by the master painters.

SHARP EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.

Received May 11, 10.30 a.m. PERTH, May 11. A sharp earthquake shock, causing houses to rock, has been felt in the north-west. It was accompanied by heavy rumbling.