AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10297, 28 July 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Received. Last - Night/ 5.5 o'ohxik.")

BANKING CLEARANCES.

SYDNEY, Vuiy 27. ■; The, clearances through Sydney Banifefr in- the: pool, sUnoe the begiijinfiig of the year, -amounted to £166 ) - 894,911,, an increase of 12.8 per centum over last year. FOOD COMMISSION. Giving evidence before €he ' Food Commission', Mr Stead, Naturalist, of the Fisheries Department, threw isome ligjbt upon the wiles of certain restauranlt keepers. He declared that mullet was ,sold as a substitute for almost any class of fish, and quoted figures showing that fishermen often received less than • half what their consign merits brought in the market. COMMONWEALTH CADETS.

The first enrolment of Senior Cadets in the Commonwealth will amount to 97,000. The exemptions are larger in number than were expected. The Acting-Minister of Defence states that he has no objection to Boy Scouts, provided they do military duty. MR FISHER'S INTERVIEW.

At the annual meeting of the CbJainber of Caminorce, the chairman (Mr Pa-xitan) referring to Mr Fishier's interview in, the Revaew of Reviews, isiaid the Labour .Tarty had contented themselves wiith the self-comfort-ing statement, tihiait Mr Fisher had been misrepresented. There was no ■sign of anyone pronouncedly declaring no sympathy with such sentiments. At' the suggestion of the chairman, the meeting rose' and cheered "The British Ilmpire Undivided."

SUGAR RIOTS. BRISBANE, July 27. ' Serious riots have occurred at Childers. One hundred and fifty sugar strikers attacked forty froe lab-; burers in 'a |aotory, vsihxatehjiaig ■-; .the.; windows'v,arid r daimiagLng, the machinery. Several persons were injured and a Magistrate; was sent for to ! ■read the Riot Act. The 'disturbance'-! was 1 - quelled. The extended idleness haiSf caused business to* come, to. a !stanslistiil; v '' ■ : ' ■■.;',.■/''. ,v '.'/ .;■ ■' ■' /■■: ''■■'V-'

MOTOR FATALITY.

SYDNEY, July 27. A.motor car, with three passengers and a.driver aboard, plunged into the Hunter River near Muswellbrook. The passengers (Mrs Barrington;, Alderman. Mackay, of Enfield, and another man: named Flavey), was drowned. The driver escaped. The party was returning from Merriwa late at night in the dark. Twelve .miles from MusweHbrook the road' runs close to the river bank. The motor ran off and plunged into the flooded river, forty feet below. The chiaffeur, named Sues-s, was thrown clear of the car, and washed several hundred yards down stream. He . managed to rid himself of ,hp overopat, 'arjd, scrambled asliore. ':- ! ' Mr- "Barrilngton's body has beeri' recovered. She was a prominwit worker in the Liberal cause hia Victoria and New South Wales, and was touring the district as an\ organizer for the Liberal ■• League.! Mackay was an ex-Mayor of Enfield,' ji.iid a.; wieli-kmown: caiiqaise Flayey was*manager for the Tindale Conipany at MtisAvelibrook. (Received Last Night, 10.15 o'clock.) SYDNEY, July 27. : Suess was a stranger to the district, and was unaware that the. floodte had scooped out a pontaoni of the road, necessitating a deviation. He followed the old road, and plunged over a. gap into thirty feet of water.