AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2024, 13 March 1913, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

J (Received March 13/10 a.m.) [ COUNTER WRITS FOR LIBEL. > Melbourne, Marcl^l3. * Benjamin Hoarse and John "Norton ? have each issued, a writ against the 'other claiming £5000 damages for libel. A NARROW ESCAPE. Adelaide, March 13. The schooner Black Albatross, with a cargo of superphosphates, struck Eclipse Reef. The captain and crew were rescued with difficulty. (Received March 13, 10.25 a.m.) COMPULSORY SERVICE. Sydney, March 13. At the New South Methodist Conference, a motion was proposed that the conference records its emphatic disapproval of the compul- ) sory clauses of the Defence Act, as i aesailing the foundation of character, 1 violating personal liberty, invading the sphere of parental right and responsibilities, and inflicting serioiis injury to national life and character. The votng was 43 each way, and the President gave his casting \'ote against the motion. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. Brisbane, March 13. f The following are the results of £the ladies' swimming championships of Australia: 220 yards —Fanny Burack 1, Mima Wylie 2, M. Springfield 3. Time, 3min. 2sec, a world's record in fresh water. 100 yards— Wylie 1, Yenning 2, Alexander 3 Time, lmin. 2S 4-ssec, a world's record. Miss Durack did not compete. AFTERMATH OF A STRIKE. The Full Court upheld the appeal of Smith versus the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Plaintiff was an engineer in charge of the Tramway Company's.power house. He was excluded from membership _ by the Society because he disobeyed ah order of the District Committee to cease work during the strike of 1912. .Defendants intend to appeal to the Federal High Court. DR. MAWSON'S HEALTH. Sydney, March 12. ...Replying to Professor David's enquiry as to his health, Dr. Mawson replied by wireless that. h© is quite well. He thinks the Aurora will be unable to call at Adelie Land this season.