AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14097, 26 June 1906, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. NEW GUINEA. I MELBOURNE, Juno 25. Mr Deakin denies negotiating with Sir William Macgregor in respect to the Governorship of New Guinea. The Government has consulted him on matters concerning New Guinea, because Sir William Macgregor is regarded as the best • authority. ALLEGED MURDER OF BLACKS. PORT DARWIN, June 25. The charred remains of two bodies were found near Pine Creek. Natives report that two blacks were shot by Europeans and the bodies burned. Two men, named Nolan and Turner, have boon arrested on suspicion.