AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 30 November 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NORTH MOUNT LYELL MINE. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. PEE DNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received November 30. 9.55 a.m. HOBART, Nov. 30. Men descended the winze of the North. Mount Lvell mine, reaching the 400 ft level, which was found to be clear of smoke and fumes. An attempt will be made to-day to free the cage which was jammed when endeavoring to recover a body. The water has readied the 800 ft level. Less water is entering the mine owing to the dryness.

SEQUEL TO BOXING BOUT. Received November 30, D.oo a.m. BRISBANE, Nov. 30. A youth named John North Collins 'has been arrested on a charge of causing the death of another youth named Thomas Henley, the case being a sequel to a boxing bout at Charters Towers.

SHIPPING COMPANIES' APPEAL. Received November 30, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 30. The Higli Court reserved judgment in the steamship companies' appeal in the Merchant Service Guild case. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. Received November 30, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 30. The loan estimates include £780,000. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. SYDNEY, Nov. 29. King was found guilty on a charge of the manslaughter of his wife at Ultimo on September 4, with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of weak intellect. Sentence was deferred.

James Patrick King, aged 26 years, was charged with murdering his wife Ellen by kicking her. King had been recently released from the receptionhouse, and had been drinking heavily. He brutally beat and kicked his wife, who died in a few hours.

TO SUPPRESS CATTLE TICK. Received November 30, 9.55 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 30. The report of the Royal Commission which investigated the suppression of cattle tick in the United States has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly. It "The almost complete absence of straying stock on the roads and in public places constitutes a very material factor in assisting the eradication of the tick. Farmers in the Eastern States dip every 10 to 14 days; Southern and Central, 18 to 21. Since 1006, 107,714 square miles, neatly a quarter of the quarantined area, has been freed from tick. When the number of cattle relative to the area permits, the starvation of the seed or larvae of the ticks is undertaken. The rotation method of resting the pastures .gives very quick and reliable results." The opinion is expressed that crossbreeding for immunity from tick fever cannot be done although certain crosses proved remarkably resistant. The tick medicament used in the vats is an arsenical preparation of similar proportions to that of New South Wales. Numerous recommendations are made regarding quarantine, dipping, inspection of stock and the erection of vats.