AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 19 March 1909, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FOE SYDNEY'S SEAMEN. BT ELECTRIC TEl.fcuUAI'U. —COPTMOHT. TEE UNITED I'IIESS ASSOCIATION. Received March 10, 10.JO a.ui. SYDNEY. March 10. Admiral Sir Harry Kawson, Governor of New South Wales. has laid the foundation stone oi' the additions in lhe ■Seamen's Institute, the subscriptions to which include .CoO from the Untoii Steam Ship Company. BURGLARS' VALUABLE HAUL. Received March I!'- .ln.-h' a.iu. SYDNEY. March lit Burglars removed the sate of tho Empire Hotel, lnvorall, and sutured the sum of JiGOO in motley, as well as valuables. They then threw the sale into the river. I'LAGI'E AT NEWCASTLE. Received March J'.t. 10.-10 a.m. NEWCASTLE. March l'.j. The .suspicious case <>f sickness <d 1h 1 • ratcatcher from Sydney has hecn diagnosed as plague. DROWNED IN A TANK <»!•' WINK. Received March 19. W.oS a.m. AOFLAUM':. March 10. A man fell into it (mik of wine at Scppei t's winery and was drowned. MAN KILLS HIS WTFK. Received March 10. ID.-jS a.m. I'KRTTI. March 111. A m:m named Scoit ln>s killed his wile at Aleekalhurra. Ironi whom he had lieen living apart. Scoit secreted him.self in th" house where his wile was staying and catching her unawares stabbed her lo death. S('l AM UN'S CO,\(• J.",SSiONS. lo'ceived March 1!'. lt)..~|S a.Jil. MFd.BOURNE. March IS). I'nder ihc new agreement, betwi eii the steamship owners and ihc Federated Sameir's S.'nr..ll Ihe wages of the men lemnin the same as under t lie -in I agreement. hut eoucssions are made in regard lo holidays and overtime.