AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13710, 18 April 1910, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Electrio , Telegraph— Copyright. j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE, April 15. The first Senate of the Queensland University has been constituted. SMALLPOX. SYDNEY, April 15. Tho Sydney Hospital Bmallpox case is very mild, and there is littlo risk of infection. - CARGO BROACHING. The Magistrate, in sentencing a wharf labourer to three months' imprisonment for broaching cargo, said offences of the sort .were becoming so common, that tho time for leniency had passed. SINGULAR FATALITY. A remarkable accident occurred at the Abcrmain Colliery, a miner being choked through a travelling rope getting round his neck. A BY-ELECTION. The State by-election for Queanboyan, where the late member resigned in order to contest a Federal seat, resulted in the return of Mr Cusack (Labour). DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. • MELBOURNE, April 15. Brewer's timber yard at Clifton Hill, covering half an acre, together with the mills and valuable machinery, were destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. A BOY'S CRIME. The Flowerdale State School was burned down, and a boy of 14 confessed to having set fire to the building to avoid having to attend school. SCULLING, (Received April 17th, 5 ip.m.) SYDNEY, April 17. W. Fogwoll defeated S. Pearoe by a length and a quarter in a sculling match for £50 a side.