AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 114, 13 May 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

ANOTHER PLAGUE CASE. I | (Received 0.30 aan.) SYDNEY, this day. A man has become infected with plague in North Sydney. The source of infection jis believed to be local. RISE IN WAGES. (Received 9.30 a.m.) I | SYDNEY, this day. . : The local Arbitration Court award conI cedes timber yard employees a substantial j, advance in wages. ■ : AN AUTOMOBILE CORPS. ! (Received 0.35 ami.) ' MELBOURNE, this day. I I Tiie Federal Government has sanction- ': ed the formation of a volunteer automo- ' ; bile corps. I LATE MR. KINGSTON. (Received 9.35 a.m.) .1 MELBOURNE, this day. The House of Representatives met to [day and adjourned out of respect to tin j Ute Mr. C. C. Kingston, after sympathe tic speeches by Mr. Deakin, Federal Pre mier. and Mr. G. H. Reid, Loader of th< Opposition. HOBART HARBOUR FACILITIES. l - (Received 9.35 a.m.) 1-! H HOBART, this day. s I Owing to increased trade the Marin j Board has decided to construct a ne-* i pier (350 feet long with a sufficient deptl e| to accommodate the largest steamer ■ visiting the port. id I id ; THE BEGA INQUIRY. ?e' ■nj SYDNEY. May 12. a | Mr., Walter Reeks, naval architec lt j stated in his evidence at the Bega inquir -" j that he had formed the opinion that th 11 j vessel, being a ''tender' ship, was loade ls lin a manner which made her crank; ' c j When she listed she took in a quantity c al ) water through the ports, which mac a ' j her more unstable. \ c i INTER-STATE BOWLING TESTS. it ! ls j SYDNEY. May 12. Ie ' New South Wales defeated Queenslan be 'in the third bowling test by -100 pom it ! to S-9. ""