AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7828, 22 June 1909, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

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THEFT OF JEWELLERY.

MELBOURNE, June 21. ;.;TKe premises of Albrecht, jeweller arid- importer, were entered by burglars, and £6000 worth of jewellery was stolen.

: : A STORMY VOYAGE.

•;• ■; ,: SYDNEY, June 21. ±.™M c: St. Kilda, which arrived from Karpara to-day, had a trying voyage. A, gale raged with almost hurricane Fury for eleven days. The vessel sustained damage to her rigging and deck fittings.

SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

Received June 22, 10.30 a.m. . , i • ■ SYDNEY, June 22. A Canadian named Pemer, who was employed in one of the "city tea-rooms, shot "a waitress named Miss Jeffer, and then^ shot himself dead. Miss Jeffer's condition is not serious. Jealousy was the cause.

■■■.;■ QTJEENSLAND BY-ELECTION.

.-. - BRISBANE, June 22. "At .the Moreton by-election Mr For--Byth-(Ministerialist) easily defeated the Labour candidate.

- ■■■• -: BLINDED BY FLIES.

A railman, blinded by flies, wandered for nine days in the bush near Burketown,-and-when rescued he died from exhaustion and suffering.

: V STEAMERS ASHORE.

■ .. The Van Spilbergen is ashore on . Newton Island, with* her head on a ■ rieefj -but in a sheltered position. A tug is standing by and other assistance has been sent. . ."•■'The Australian Company's new steamer Mallina, on her maiden voyagp, went ashore on Haggerstone Is- . Uri<j, near Torres Straits. A tug has been despatched, and it is expected that the steamer will be refloated.

ACQUITTED ON A CHARGE OF MURDER.

A-"'"'.. MELBOURNE, June 22. :, • O.Sullivan has been acquitted on the charge of murdering Mrs Gallagher at Richmond on May 11.

"the federal electoral ;:- rolls.

-The total number of voters on the Federal electoral rolls is 2,300,020, which is 9000 fewer than in 1906. The decrease is explained by many duplica- ■ tions of names in the old rolls.

■ RAILWAY COMMISSIONERSHIP.

• "..;"; ]\fr. Norinhii, • Chief Engineer of Railways, has been appointed third CommiWinnar

V CATTLE POISONED.

• '. ..Thirty-nine cattle, which were grazing; in a paddock adjoining a pyrites smelting works, died from arsenical poisoning.

• . SIR JOSEPH WARD.

• '.. Received June 22, 1 p.m. ,Sir ; Joseph Ward was welcomed upon his arrival by representatives of the Government. A large gathering of New Zealanders on the wharf greeted . the Premier with cries of "Kia Or a," ant! '. cheering.