AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12479, 16 April 1906, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Presra Association—By El«ctrio Telegraph—Copyright. EASTER ENCAMPMENTS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, April 14. Five thousand seven hundred troops are participating in the Easter en- | campmente. THE BUTTER .MYSTERY. MELBOURNE, April 14. I In reference to the huttor brand , mystery, the secretary of the Queensland factory explains that some years , ago tho factory undertook to supply ' the Victorian factory. Owing to the J drought the firm could not fill tho con- ; tract. Some of the box ends bearing ' the .Melbourno factory brand remained i ovor and were usotl in connection with 'the recent consignments. Orders had i been given to plane off tho Melbourno ! brand, but had apparently boon over)looked. COMMERCIA L TK A YELLEKS' ASSOCIATION. ADELAIDE, April 14. Tho annual conference of tho Commercial Travellers' Association of Australasia lias opened. Now Zealand ia represente<l «t iho conference. LABOUR'S ATTITUDE. MPiLBOURNE, April 1.5. Tlio Labour Conference clueouscvad the Oh a tutor of Maimi'r.cirman-s , pi-cpoval to cany on ajciniit protectionist propa-gnnda and tho Protif-et.ionisfc Association's miggest'iiQU not to contest certain scats whero t'lis contorts were between candidates 'supporting free trade acid protection refipoafcLvcly. Til ft Conference decided to contest every soot- where there was a poßsiilrility of Labour winning, and not to co-operate wiith the Chamber of Manufacturers, but to fight for labour p/iiic.ipios only. AN ALLEGED GAMING SHOP. SYDNEY, April 10. The police last niffht raided an alleged gamimg shop in Engine* street, and arrested nearly two hundred men amid great excitement. ACCIDENT TO THE VICTORIA. SYDNEY, April 14. The Victoria was delayed on her voyage from Auckland owing to the breaking of tlw high presMirv cylinder at six yesterday morning, tvlicu within KDventy-fivo miles of the Hoad.s. A boat in ch-ji-we of the ehie.f officer, Bates, was immediately dcspa.tehod to eet»k t-anioa. After several hours'" work, tho engineers succeeded in getting the dinghies to work arriin, and tho vessel resumed her voyage at slow (speed. At f-wo this morning tDit» vessel picked up Bates's beat iviUiiu twenty-five miles of the Head.-. THE SYDNEY SHOW. SYDNEY, April 15. This attendance at the show yesterday was 27,000. 'Hyani's Blosiom 11. was awarded the Royal A.giicuL'tural Society's £]00 prize for the butter fat teste. Six m.'iikiii.ss yielded stveii and a quarter pounds of butter fat. The Hame owners Bks-wm 111. won the Sydney "Mail's" prize for similar coiiditiors, yielding 8.34jb. At the <="jues in coniicctioi* with the show. busis. the property of J. Grant, of Invercargill, brought CO. o-3, 43, and 3o guinraa respectively, and tGiree l»cJoii3ing io J. Small, Canterbury, Uii, 23, and 22 guineas.