AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12365, 2 December 1905, Page 9

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright LORD CHELMSFORD'S WELCOME. BRISBANE, December 1. Inclement weather interfered with the arrangements to welcome Lord Chelnisford. However, there waa a large crowd present. A QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY. The body of a cane-cutter, James Ryan, was found near '51cKny with tho throat cut and the head gashed. Tho evidence showed that a brutal murder had been committed. THE RABBIT PEST. " SYDNEY, December 1. Tho Government has granted permission to the etockowners to conduct at their own expense experimenta with Dr. Danysz'e methods for exterminating rabbite. An island will be eet aside for the purpose. THE BUSH FIRES. Tho bush fires in the Condobolin district swept an area of over one Jiundred miles. It b estimated that 400,000 acres of g:«u>?, together with much fencing and crops, were destroyed. SEED WHEAT ADVANCES. There i<? £48,000 still owing to the Government for seed wheat advanced to farmers during the last drought. THE VICTORIAN WHEAT YIELD. MELBOURNE. December 1. The Government statist cetimates the wheat yield of the State at 21.543,000 bushel*, an average of 10.03 bushels per acre.

CABLE NEWS.