AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 134, 9 June 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

.[press association.] VICTORIA'S SHEEP. MELBOURNE, June 8. At the end of March Victoria possessed 11,455,000 sheep, an increase of 1,287,000 since the previous March. THE RABBIT EXPERIMENTS. {■ SYDNEY, June 8. Dr Danysz has arrived. He declares that he cannot understand the scare over the rabbit experiments. SEA-BED EXPLORATION. . . SYDNEY, June 8- i Professor Hoswell is conducting a sea-bed exploration, Two u :dredges; were let down two thousand fathoms, fifty-five miles off. the coast > but iailetl to touch bottom.* A number of interesting specimens; were obtained,. THE SHEARING RATE. MELBOURNE, June 8. The Pastoralists' Association has notified that it" intends to increase shearing rates by one shilling per hundred during the present season. : ; '. MINING IN TASMANIA. ■ • . "HOBART, June 8. ' An English syndicate reports that it has purchased 1000 acres of shale country near Latrobe*. • - : ■-■■'■■' NEWCASTLE COAL. ' ' ' SYDNEY, June 8. / An.order for 35,000 tons of coal for Manila has been received -at Newcastle. Other large orders from the Philippines are expected. H.M.S. CHALLENGER. SYDNEY, June 8/ ■ H.M.S. Challenger has sailed for Singapore, where she picks up a new crew from England. * STRIKE AT A COLLIERY.

. SYDNEY, June 8.. A strike of truckers at the Pelaw main colliery has thrown idle^ 500 employees. : ; A CHARGE DISMISSED. '-..'■ ■■■.. SYDNEY, June 8. The hearing of Crick's action against Mr Justice Owen for illegally administering the oath resulted in the Magis^ trate finding that Justice Owen ha<2 power to administer^ the: oa*h; v4E(d; the information wai disnifssed.*'' * :-3 r ; DISCOVERY OF COAL. " ' ' SYDNEY, June .9.!, A valuable seani of coal has been discovered on- Crown land - at-'Coff's Harbour. JUBILEE OF NORFOLK ISLAND. NORFOLK ISLAND, June 9; The jubilee of the foundation of the colony,was celebrated yesterday. Nearly the whole' of/the i'slandel-s participated. ' . A NEW PORTFOLIO. PERTH,, June 9. A portfolio of Agriculfurie has been created, and allotted to Me James Mitcnell.