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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 135, 7 June 1912, Page 7

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By Telegraph.— -Press Association.— Copyright.' (Received June 6, 10 a.m.) NEW STEAMER. LONDON, 6th June. A new steamer for the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., has been launched at Troon. ner name is the Bermaqui. (Received June 7, 9.35 a.m.) TREATMENT OF- TETANUS. SYDNEY, This Day. A Dubbo doctor has successfully used the latest phenol treatment for tetanus in the case of two boys. (Received June 7, 10.10 a.m.) LOCOMOTIVES FOR VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, This Day. • The Government has accepted the tender of the Austral-Otis Engineering Company for forty locomotives, tho contract price being £180,000. WIRELESS MESSAGES. MELBOURNE, This Day. Th» minimum rate for 'wireless messages of three words is 3s 6d, plua land charges. It was previously 8s 4d. (Received June 7, 10.30 a.m.) ' MISSING KOOMBANA. > LONDON, 6th June. Sir Newton Moore, Agent-General for Western Australia, has opened a fund for the relatives of those who were on the Adelaide Steam Ship Company's steamer Koombana, which disappeared in March last during a storm, and which is supposed to have foundered in the vicinity of Bertioubt island, about aixty miles 'distant from Port Hedland. ENGLISH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, 6th June. ■In the English Golf Championship, C. B. Macfarlano beat the Hon. M. .Scott, Australian champion, iv the sixth round— 2 and 1. (Received June 7, 11 a.m.) BRITISH OLYMPIC TEAM. LONDON, 6th June. T. Tartakover, the ex-New South Wales swimmer, has Been selected as .reserve in the British Olympic team. DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. MONTREAL, 6th June. Hot Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught, who is suffering from peritonitis, is much better. (Received June 7, 11.30 a.m.) N.S.W. BOWLERS IN ENGLAND. LONDON, 6th June. The New South Wales bowlers were defeated by the Bournemouth Club by 92 points to 69. REORGANISATION SCHEME. LONDON, 6th June. Mr. Frank Houlder, presiding at a. meeting of the Houider Line, said r«organisatiozn was engaging serious attention. The directors of Houlder Brothers were reducing the management commission to 2£ pe-r cent. ART COLLECTION SOLD. LONDON, 6th, June. The Doucet collection has been sold to M. Henri Rothschild, who paid £26,400 for a Latour pastel which was auctioned in 1903 for 6000 francs (about £250). Seventy-four drawings and twenty-two pastels realised £132,504. [The Doucet collection was founded by M. Jacques Doucet, and contains pictures, statuary, etc., of the eighteenth century.] LUCKY MERCHANT. LONDON, 6th June. Mr. Marcu* Cotton, a Birmingham jewellery merchant, won £40,000 in a Calcutta sweepstake. COLD STORAGE IN FRANCE. LONDON, 6th June. A French International Cold Transport Company, with a capital of £70,000, has been formed to organise refrigeration facilities throughout France, particularly for meat. MURDER OF A CONSTABLE. OTTAWA, 6th June. Constable Davies, a member of the Royal North- West Mounted Police, was found on the prairio near Medicine Hat, in Assmiboia, with a bullet in hie heart. It is suspected he was murdered by Indians. MISSION WORK IN POLYNESIA. SYDNEY. 6th June. The Right Rev. Dr. Twitchell, Bishop of Polynesia, has returned from a visit to England, where he arranged for an increase of his staff of white missionaries to twelve. INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS CONFERENCE. LONDON, 6th June. Mr. Herbert Samuel, PofitmasterGeneral, in inaugurating the International Wireless Conference, welcomed delegates speaking four languages, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. INTESTATE ESTATE. LONDON, 6th June. Mr. James Coats, the millionaire cotton manufacturer, died intestate. DOCTOR'S NAME ERASED FROM REGISTER. LONDON, 6th June. The Central Medical Council hsus erased the name of Dr. James Wallace from the register for associating himself with the Sandow Institute. MAIL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. CAPETOWN, , 6th June. The mail contract negotiations have reached a deadlock.

There were two small freshes in the Hutt River h'^t month, otherwise the level wo-ss normal. The first' fret h was ono of 2ft, on the Ist, and the tecond, one of 3fL, on the 18th With the exception of eorne damage caused at Belmont, the protective works ate all intact.