AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14169, 18 September 1906, Page 9

AUSTRALIA.

United Pr«ss Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ‘ the recent burglary. MELBOURNE, September 17. The burglary at King’s warehouse Sras not so serious as at first anticipated. The thieves took electro instead, of silver plate. (Saturday’s message ran:—Burglaifc visited King’s warehouse on the Australian wharf and made a large haul. The rtolen goods were chiefly plate, stored pending payment of duty. The value cannot he known till an inventory has been taken, but it is very large, the officials estimating it at. £10,000.) CAMP SCHOOLS. ' SYDNEY, September 17. The experiment of camp schools is ■.bout to be tried by the Education Department. The object is to bring boys into contact with country life. The first achool will consist of twelve units of twelve boys each, a master being in charge of each unit. They will visit a well-managed farm and camp there for a week. The first school starts on October 10. JUDGES’ SALARIES. BRISBANE, September 17. The Government has received advice that the Judges’ petition, asking the King to disallow an Act passed last session to compel the payment of income tax on Judges’ salaries, has failed. The Judges, therefore, have to P»J. "