AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press association.] A MUNIFICENT BEQUEST. (Received May 16, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 15. The Presbyterian Assembly passed a motion expressing gratification at the - receipt of a bequest of £4,500 under the will of the late Donald Manson, of Palmerston, New Zealand THE PLAGUE. PERTH, May 16. Another case of plague is reported SIR JOHN FORREST'S'RETURN. PERTH,- May 16. bir John Forrest has returned from London. He found that London financiers regarded the credit of the Commonwealth States very favourably. WESTRALIAN ELECTIONS. , . PERTH, May 16. Ihe election for the Legislative Council resulted in the defeat of the ■Labour candidates.