AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15899, 10 April 1912, Page 9

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. RACEHORSE KILLED. SYDNEY, April 9. The filly Mayrah was badly injured in the Nursery Handicap, and had to be destroved.' THE HOLIDAY CROWDS. The attendance at the races was over 40,000, and at the show 77,000. SOCIALIST CONFERENCE. A conference of the Socialistic Labour Party of Australia condemned the Federal and State Labour Parties, and decided to run a full ticket of Socialist candidates for the Federal Senate and New South Wales elections. Resolutions ' were carried protesting against compulsory military training, as militarism was one of the bulwarks of oapitalism and-a foe to the working classes. Another resolution condemned the compulsory arbitration laVrS ‘ WOOD CHOPPING. A New Zealand competitor was beaten in his heat at the Royal Show for the wood chopping championship. A DOUBTFUL COURSE. Owing to doubts as to whether the Felton-Fogwell course was the full three miles the course will be re-measured. SMALL-POX. (Received April 10, 12.45 a.m.) FREMANTLE, April 9. An Australian officer returning from India by the Malwa, after gaining experience, was found to be suffering from small-pox. All necessary precautions have been taken.