AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 96, 21 October 1908, Page 5

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Press Assn— By ielegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, yesterday. During the bicycle races at Bat-h---urst, "in connection with the Eight Hour Day celebrations, a series of accidents occurred. G. H. Horder, the State champion, was badly injured, and Summers (the New Zealander) had several ribs broken. A survey, of the Union Company's steamer Wairunaj which collided with the steamer Mintaro in Sydney harbour, shows that nine plates were dented, reaching below the waterline. It is expected that four or five will have io he replaced. MELBOURNE, yesterday. : Australian' exports to China decreased by £27,377 last year, while Chinese, exports to Australia increased .by £19,219. The falling off in the Australian exports does not represent the true position, as quantities of goods enter* -China' via Hong--kong. HOBART, yesterday. ; Hudson, who murdered Adolph Bock, has been reprieved. ' [As a result of a "quarrel," Hudson shot a girl named Bradley in the back and clubbed Bock, her brother-•in-law, fracturing the latter's skull and jaw. The girl did not die.] ADELAIDE, yesterday. Obituary : The death is announced of V. L. Solomons, a member of the Assembly. (Received this day, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, to-day. •Messrs Rogers and May intend to make an effort shortly to recover the remainder of the Eliriganiite's gold. MELBOURNE, to-day. .'- The Women's Suffrage Bill has been read a second time' in the State Assembly by 45 .to 8. . -