AUSTRALIA.
Unitjsa Press As-Hxaation—By Electrio — T_e-*T_p_—Copyright. EPIDEMIC OF FIRES. SYDNEY, June 1. There has been an ©pidemio of fires at Broken Hill. Three more occurred on Saturday, making nineteen for th© month of May. There have been seventy-two Bines, the commencement , : ' i>f tho year. FEDERAL TARIFF.. MELBOURNE, June 1. Sir William Lyne is dissatisfied with the Tariff as passed. He considers -, that th© protectionist basis ia too low, and intends to fight for a higher. A MANSLAUGHTER CASE. (Received June Ist, 9.26 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 1. Bear -was convicted of th© manskughter of Richards aboard the Somerset on April 11th, and _»ntenced to two years' hard labour. LOSS OF A SOT-ONER. Island advices state that the schooner Laurel, owned in Fiji, grounded on o roof in .the Gilbert Group, and became a total wreck. The crew escaped in a boat. PLAGUE RATS. (Received June 2nd, 12.53 a_n.) As a result of fumigations in Melbourn© and Sydney nearly a thousand rats wero destroyed aboard the steamer Injiaminca. A considerable number were plague infested,
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13131, 2 June 1908, Page 7
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