AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9089, 14 May 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PLAGUE IN SYNDEY.

JRsccived May 13, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, May 31. irwr.u has been Btricken with iv.t North Sydney. The source . of Jmfeotfrm is believed to be local. .AN AUTOMOBILE CORPS. .Received May 13, 8.31 a.m. SYDNEY, May 13. The Feci'wal Government has sanctioned th» formation of a volunteer .iautomohile corps. THE LATE MR KINGSTON. Received May 13, 9.35 a.m.* ■ MELB oURNE, May 13. The House met to-day, and adjournof respect to the memory of thflate Might Hon. C. C. Kingston, after sympathetic reference to the deceased had been made. AN OVERDUE STEAMER. ANXIETY FELT. Received May 13, 9.35 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 13. Anxiety is felt as to the steamer Orion, which was due from Tasmania at the cud of last week. She carries ' eight passengers and a crew of four-, teen. Heavy westerly gales have prevailed lately, and the Orion may be . sheltering along the coast.

ENORMOUS DIVIDENDS.

Received May 13, 9.58 a.m. PERTH May 13. The tntnl cash dividends paid by ,ithe Westralian mines to April last V f amounted to £18,117,000. if LOCAL OPTION. " -'THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY APPROVED. r *** deceived May 13, 11.10 a.m. S SYDNEY, May 13. The Presbyterian Assembly discus- %■ sed a motion in favour of a bare majority rule under the Local Option * JBill. An amendment was adopted in | ' favour of the retention of a threefe" fifths majority. Dr Clouston protested that he was a;. . ashamed of his church carrying such -v; ; . a motion.

U SHIPPING FACILITIES AT , 7 HOBART.

Received May 13, 9.35 a.m. HOBART, May 13. : Owing to the increase of trade, the : Marine Board has decided to construct i: . a pier 650 ft In length, t(? accommo"date the largest steamers. TIMBER YARD EMPLOYEES. ,I<\ 1 ■ !' ' , SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCE IN p-: " WAGES. . . ' ' Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, May 13. The Arbitration Court award con- . 'ncaeds the timber yard employees a I!' ..substantial advance in wdges. ! BENGAL TIGER ADVEN- , TURE. MR LEOPOLD ACLAND'S RETURN. Received May 13, 9.35 a.m. FREMANTLE, May 13. Mr Leopold Acland, the Canterbury station-holder, who waa lately severely injured by a tiger while hunting ran Bengal, was a passenger by the ' ■ Britannia, which arrived here to-day. s Mr Acland bears evidence of his ' encounter with the tiger, but his general health is good.

I STATES AND COMMONWEALTH.

' Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, May 13. In connection with the Premiers' •Conference, Mr Wade, New South Wales Premier, say 3 the States in- ' tend to stick solidly together for the ; protection of their rights as against the Commonwealth.

CHURCH UNION,

A MINISTER'S ViEWS.

Received May 13, 9.58 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 18

The Rev. Mr Weir, the new Modof the Presbyverian Assembly, CJpealing with the question of church ■union, said one of the principal hind- • ranees to union was tho existence of two divergant types of Christian life •—the emotional and the contemplative. The emotional type dominated the Methodists., and the contemplative the Presbyterians. They could only be fU3ed under considerable pressure. "As to the Gl'urch of England.", s-added tho spetker, "we can se>. : no immediate prospect of union with that branch of the church as. a • Church. We can scarcely expect that - clergy who bflieve they have priestly power would join with those who put I their cherished tenents on a par with I belief in witchcraft or alchemy." The Moderator believed that to obtain even partial union no sacrifice, except that of conscientious principles, would be too great.

THE ATHENIC.

Received May 14, 12.5 a.m. HOBART, May 13. The Athenic will sail to-night J for Welfecton. She brought 21 passengers Tpr Australia, and 144 for New Zealand. Mrg Eliza Sutton, a Steerage passenger for Auckland, • died on A prill 6th from pneumonia. Master Johns on, an infant, died on May 10th.