AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1671, 15 December 1911, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

BY ELKCXItIC TKJbKOIUI'U —COPYIUGHT. [per piiess association.] Melbourne, December 15. Tho (k'lerrc<[ press ruto of lid be-(u-('<:>)i Vaueouvej- and -Australia applir,s I'roju yt'slcrday. iC'eiisus returns sbow tbat in the population liolwikmi. the ages of live jukl fifteeii v decreaso for ton years of 8231. hi -other ages there is an increase. Hobiirl., December 15. A court case has commenced against two men-charged with stealing postal notes alleged to have been ■posted to tho agent of Tattersall's. They obtained largo sums through post. Adelaide, December 15. Arrived.—Louisa Craig, from New Zealand. : Brisbane- ,December 15. Postlcv easily defeated Taylor in the 10U and 130 yards. (Received Deo. 15, 9.25 a.m.) [ Sydney, December 15. The barquo J uteopolis arrived in ' good condition. J.he captain stated that ib is untrue, as reported by the Covinthic on her arrival in New Zealand, that tho barquo lost a portion of her spare. A serious attempt was made to wreck a train at Muswellbrook. Five sleepers were placed on the rails. The engine struck and dislodged the obstructions, and the train was undamaged. Sydney, December 15. A tragedy is reported from Orabbo's Creek, near Munvillumbah. -Tobn Corfch, a foreigner, shot Cissie Hulian'e condition is dangerous, bedroom window. Many more shots were heard during the night, and subsequently Corieli was found dead with a bullet wound in his body. -Lillian's condition is dangerous. The murderer was inftiriatec! with his victim because his a-ttentiong to hex vrere dscouraged by; her family.