AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9190, 12 September 1908, Page 5

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* THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Received September 11, 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, September 11. The Earl of Dudley, the new Go-vernor-General nf Australia, was accorded an enthusiastic welcome on his arrival in Melbourne. The Earl of Dudley is still a comparatively young man. Born in May, 1867, he isthe youngest of the great British Pro-consuls. His experiences have been manifold. On leaving Eton he travelled round the world, visiting all the colonies. In 1895 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, and at the time of the Boer War served in the Yeomanry Cavalry. Soon after his return, in 1902, he was made Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland, remaining i'i that post until the late Government went out of office. Lord Dudley's romantic marriage in 1891 to Miss Rachel Gurney is an incident in his life v which is sure to appeal very strongly to the sentimental side of the warmhearte i Australians. The beautiful Miss Gurney was the daughter of the Quaker banker, Charles Gurney, who met with misfortune and gave up every penny of his money to his creditors. Lady Dudley is an accomplished musician. She sing's sweetly and plays the piano in a finished manner. It was indeed whispered at one time before her marriage that she had thought of taking up a professional career as a concert singer. She paints and draw a cleverly, and has decided talent as a designer. As a linguist she excels, speaking French, German and Italian with ease and fluency. Her great energy and spirit will be promptly recognised and admired by everyone she meets in the Australian Commonwealth. THE TASMANIAN BUDGET. Received September 11, 10.30 a.m. HOBART, September 11. The Budget shows that the year closed with a surplus of £75,000. The deficit, which stood two years ago at £1G9,000, has been reduced to £37,000. INVITATION TO BKITISri BATTLESHIPS, Received September 11, 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, September 11. Sir Thomas Bent, the State Pieniier, intends to ask Cabinet to invite a squadron of British battleships to visit; Australia. DESERTERS FROM THE FLEET. Received September 11, 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, September 11. The United States battleship Kansas has sailed for Albany. It is stated that when the vessel left there were still one hundred American sailors missing. DIVORCE CASES. POINT RAISED BY A JUDGE. Received September 11, 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, September 11. Mr Justice Simpson, in the Divorce Court, raised the question whether proof of service upon a party to a divorce suit residing in New Zealand could be accented by the court. It had, he said, been the practice of the court for many years to have petitions served upon people beyond the jurisdiction of the court, but the time had come when they should decide whether that was the correct practice. As far as the court was concerned, a man in New 'Zealand was as much a foreigner a3 if he resided in a village in France. If the practice was not legal it would be a bar to a great many divorces, and if in the future the point was argued, and a higher court decided there was no jurisdiction, the decision would invalidate hundreds of divorces that had been granted. SUVA-HERO COLLISION. Received September 12, 12.20 a.m. SYDNEY, September 11. The Suva-Hero collision inquiry has been concluded, and the Court's decision has been reserved. WEST AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. Received September 12, 1 a.m. PERTH, September 11. I The elections are being held today. The Ministerial and Labour parties are both working hard. No complete returns are yet to hand.