AUSTRALIAN CABLES

Feilding Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 119, 16 November 1901, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES

ieie«r»uU. Prenn Aoaociation Uou.vriitbt Sydney, November 15. As a result of the tax on bananas, tbe Hauroto, which usually brings thousands of bunches, did not bring a single bunch this trip. Champion, the victim of the explosion at Burwood Colliery, has succumbed to his injuries. Weingott's tailoresses have returned to work. The firm conceded their demands. Walter Rosengrave, tbe prominent runner, a brother of Mat Rosengrave, the New Zealand athlete, had his foot amputated owing to an accident on the railway. The Assembly, after an all-night sitting, passed a Supply Bill for £1,970,000. Brisbane, November 15. The gunboat Sparrow has returned from the Solomons. During her visit to Atkoa Island she bombardad the village at Kulafola, destroying it. The natives of the island have been for some time past very turbulent. Sydney This Day. There is no official report yet of the suspected plague case. It is stated that several dead, but healthy, rats were found in the vicinity of the bay. The authorities contemplate a campaign against tbe rats which, lately, have been largely on the increase. Melbourne, This Day. The Old Age Pension return shows the number of pensioners is 16,258 and the annual cost £311,000.