AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12849, 6 July 1907, Page 9

AUSTRALIA.

United Pr*i» A»«oci»tion—Bjr Elaetrio Telegraph—Copyright. NEWCASTLE t)OAL. SYDNEY, July 6. Coal exports from • Newcastle during the past half year amounted to 2,071,000 tons, being . 279,000 tone greater than for the corresponding half year of 1906. SCULLING. Webb and TWne are in steady trainins. The New Zeal&ndor expresses himself as satisfied with tho Parramatta River, but says its moods want studying. AUSTRALIA AND FAR EAST. Mr Carruthere states that the Government intend calling tenders for * better and more regular service with the Far East. The Queensland Premier v heartily working with him to subsidise a service BURGLARIES CLEARED UP. MELBOURNE, July 5. The police have cleared up nine recent burglarioe in the city. An Auetri«n eeaman named Inglot confessed to being the perpetrator. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. At the inquest on Mrs Oliver, the jury found that ehe wae ehot in hor own home.* A verdict was returned of accidental death from a loaded gun, standing in the.room, which probably received a knock. [A cable message from Melbourne •aid.:—-A mysterious affair is reported from Athaha. A young married woman named Oliver wee found dead in her home, with a bullet wound in the back of her head. Murder is suspected.] THE BAUER MURDER. Mr Sobutner, the partner of the murdered diamond merchant, Mr Bauer, after examining the letter's papers, estimates the value of the missing diamonds «t £3100. Hβ discovered nothing which gave any clue to the murder. WEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. PERTH, July 5. Parliament has been opened, The Governor's speech followed on the lines of the Premier's l-ecent policy speech BLASTING ACCIDENT. (Received July Gtlh, 1.2 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 5. Three' men were killed • and three injured by a blasting accident in a railway cutting at Wolgan.. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. MELBOURNE, Jujy 5. Both Federal Houses have adjourned. The debates on the Addrew-iu-ltaply are unfinished.