AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12498, 8 May 1906, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Pro 5 Association—By Klectrio Telegraph—O-'pyri?hi. THRICE TONS OF PENNIES. SYDNEY, May 7. | The collection, on Hospital Saturday ' included over thro© tone of coppers. THE POTATO GRUB. The Government Entomologist states that tho potato grub is attacking the 1 crops very bndly all over New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria. THE SYDNEY HARBOUR COLLISION. Tho Buninyong, whioh collided wit'i tiio Chiid, is discharging her cargo prior to being decked. The rent in the vesevl, which is 20 foot in length, extended 9 foot below the water line. IMPORTANT POSTAL REGULATION. MELBOURNE, May 7. A new postal arrangement provides that if letters,' postcards, and Midi articles do not bear the stamp on the right-hand upper corner of the address side, they will be regarded as unstamped and will be surcharged. MAY DAY IN MELBOURNE. The May Day procession n.nd demonstration on the banks of the river I Yarra attracted a Largo crowd of people. Tho rowdy element caused some distrtibanco by seizing and destroying some of the more pronounced banre-rs. Tho police arrested three men. THE CRICKET DISPUTE. In reply to an enquiiry from Major Waidill the Western Australian Cricket Association has agreed to join the Melbourne Club and South Australia , in asking the Marylebone Club to send a team to Australia this year, provided Western. Australia take* no financial reI sponxibilitV; and the team plays in that Stato. • SCULLING. PERTH, May 7. Fifty thousand spectators witnessed tho aquatic carnival. Ivens, of Victoria, won tho Inter-Stato Champion J lScuU*. THE TASMAMAN AGENTGENERAL. HOB ART. May 7. Mr Do Iran's appointment as AgentGenera! of Ta-smania, has been extended to the end cf the year. ' A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. (Received May 7th. 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 7. Neville McWilliatns, who has be©o j blind from birth, has been admitted to> practice as a barrister. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Ijaws of tho University of Sydney. EIGHT HOUR DAY CELEBRATIONS. (Received May 8:h, 1.7 a.m.) BRISBANE, May 7. A general liolidny wa« observed today for the Eight Hour Day celebrations. The weather was fiiii. , , and the procession and highly successful.

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