AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7817, 9 June 1909, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS

Per Presa (Association—Copying 1?*..1?*.. BROKEN HILT STRIKES. ''' SYDNEY, June 8. The Proprietary Company ". debars about 30 men, including those allegedly concerned m the recent strike outrages,, from working m the mine. LABOURERS' CO-OPERATIVE ; ..■8U51NE55..;......-.-,. The combined Unions ...at Broken Hill have now a bakery; grbcery, butchery, wood and produce business r iii*-their pwh" hands, and • ptacticallly/contfol the output of the necessaries^ of' life-. ~.Z DISCOVERY OF -A'COAL SEAM; An important discovery'of coal has boen made' at -Irondale. The seam is six. feet .three inches'in thickness. It is supposed to be a continuation of the Lithgow seam. ' ■ THE WILLIS. CASE. Willis appeared to give evidence m the Daley case.; Therewere iwarm recriminations between'the cross-examin-ing counsel and witness. The- Judge threatened to send' Willisiihstasitly*to ijgapl: for stating that questions 'were; permitted which would not be admit-: ted m another Court. Willis; apologised. H;M;S. POWERFUL. Further '- examination of the Powerful's machinery shows'that the damage; to the crank shaft can be repaired; here. The vessel will ■ therefore adhere; to her programme arid visit Fiji: A, new shaft is on the. way-froia England^ and will be fitted"" on the!' Vessel's re-f turn. The Powerful will then to Colombo to.be, rficoirimissibnißd. H ! a council"-bF/'Ariyicio^; ■: .> , , .jMELBaURNE, Juae>B; : -Mr Deajkiri '■;. is credited^'with .the -intention of creating an Australiarij Council of Advice m Londoh,'-with Lord Northcote as •Chairman/ to act! m conjunction with'the-High; Conimis^l sioner. :'' • ■ ■'■ :v >...v/. '-X . ■ y'y\-^- | RACING MISADVENTURES. Several horses fell; m the Steeplechase event at Flemington, • and..l£iota Urooks was killed,; .while Vanother, jockey named Hughes^ had hisv.ljaw! broken." '' '.. _. i-.-.-:■.,,>,' ■'„..'. \ A MURDERER'S CONFESSION. ; BRISBANE; June;!B;"'.. Ross has left a written .confession that he shot Mum - ■'■'■" '' ' CANNIBALISM. ADELAIDE, June 8. It is reported that the Blacks' speared and ate a whit© man named Edgar, ■ who was m charge of cattle at .Lara river, m the Northern Territory,