VARIOUS CABLES ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1913, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN.

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SUDDEN DEATH

SYDNEY, This Day.—.Mr William Cl urge, Consul in Sydney for Portugal, died suddenly aboard the Matarania. He had just arrived from a health trip 'to New Guinea.

CONFLAGRATION CAUSED BY JEALOUSY.

BRISBANE. This Day.—The steamer Kumano brings news that a fire occurred in a fisherman’s hut in the Prefecture of Japan, spreading rill it had destroyed 75 buildings. A woman, after being arrested. confessed that she set fire to the hut through jealousy. GOOD TRADE OPENING.

BRISBANE, This Day.—Mr Arnott, formerly chief engineer of the steamer Guthrie, who is a passenger by the Kumano Maru from Tokio, says that there is a great opportunity for the export of meat to Vladivostock, where the European population is rapidly,increasing. The Guthrie is now conveying meat from Tientsing to"'* Vladivostock. Although it is inferior compared with Australian, it is sold

at Is per lb., while some mutton brought Is 8d per Ib. The port is open to triune for seven months yearly. Other centres await exploitation. Plenty of back loading would be obtainable.

LABOR VICTORY

SYDNEY, This Day.—The Wollondilly election for the vacancy in the New South Wales Parliament, owing to the death of Mr McCourt, resulted as follows : Masters (Labor! 7159

Frank Bagery (Liberal) .. 2695 Pearson (Loyalist and Dembcrat) 25 The state of the parties is unaltered by the election.* BIG JEWEL ROBBERY.

ADELAIDE, This Day.—Between Saturday night and Sunday morning the pre-mises-of Collins and' Co. were entered and jewellery worth £ISOO stolen. The safe was opened by sawing off one of the top hinges