AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 148, 23 June 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

* COLLISION IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] SYDNEY, 22nd June. The 6teamer Guthrie, Captain- Tood, from Singapore, collided with and sank the tug Waning in Sydney Harbour. One of the Warung's orew was drowned. (Received June 23, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Warung was alongside of the Guthrie assisting the latter to berth. The steamer's anchor caught the tug, and overturned it. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. ' PERTH, This Day. A jockey named Perry has been found guilty of manslaughter of another jockey named Windsor at the Bulong races, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The indictment alleged Perry deliberately bored Windsor's horse and caused him to fall, injuring him fatally. LABOUR MEMBER CENSURED. PERTH, This Day. The Labour Party has censured Mr. A. Wilson^ a Labour member, for accepting £50 from a limited combine in connection with his visit to the Eastern States to enquire into the timber trade. GOOD RAINS. SYDNEY, This Day. Good rains are falling throughout the Commonwealth. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr. Bamford has given notice of his intention to move in the Federal Parliament a motion favouring the nationalisation of the sugar industry. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF NEW GUINEA. MELBOURNE, This Day. ' The Federal Government is negotiating for the services of Sir William MacGregor, at present Governor of Newfoundland, as Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea. LOCAL OPTION IN VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, 22nd June. | The Premier, Mr. Bent, stated that t the Government had no money for local option polls until a new Licensing Bill was introduced. He complained that only £7000 out of £20,000 advanced from revenue to assist the licensing fund in connection with previous local option polls had been returned.. A RELIC OF THE KELLY GANG. MELBOURNE, 22nd June. A farmer named Griffiths was burning off a stump near the old home of the Kelly gang of buahrangors, when a terrific explosion occurred. The stump had served the Kellya aa a magazine, and a keg of powder had apparently bean overlooked. The explosion was so great that in a State school a mile away a clock was thrown from a wall. ANTI-TRUST BILL. MELBOURNE, 22nd June. The debate on the second rending of the Anti-Trust Bill in the House of Representatives has been adjourned till Tuesday. The real fight is expected when the Bill reaches the committee stages. SUGAR PRODUCTION. SYDNEY, 22nd June. The sugar production in Queensland and New South Wales during the past season amounted to over 172,000 tons. Bounty payments totalled £148,000.