AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 90, 15 April 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press association.} INSURANCE MANAGER'S ESTATE. (Received April 15, 10.43 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 15. -The, estate of- Mr Remington, late general manager of the Mutual Life Association, who committed suicide recently, has been sworn for probate at £6863. • VESSELS IN COLLISION. SYDNEY, April 15. The steamei* Derwent and the barque Metropolis collided in NeweasiV harbour yesterday. The Metropolis was considerably damaged. A FOOTBALL JUBILEE. MELBOURNE, April 15. N In connection with the celebration of the jubilee of the Australian game of football in August, a t<aam from each State and New Zealand will visit Victoria and play a series of games. WHEELERS' STRIKE. SYDNEY, April 15. A strike of wheelers has thrown the Burwood pit idle. THE SYDNEY SHOW. SYDNEY, April 15. Despite the drought in the early part of the year, the Royal Agricultural Show showed an advance in all sections. IN MEMORY OF COOK. SYDNEY, April 15. The City Council has resolved to add the coat of arms of Captain Cook to the city coat of arms. CHENA AND JAPAN. SYDNEY, April 15. > The Grand Master of the Chinese Masonjc Lodge of Australia states that the boycott against Japan is to continue. He claims that Australia will benefit largely from China's commercial awakening. A NEW CABLE. SYDNEY, April 15. The new Cocos-Batavia cable was completed at G. 55 p.ni; on April 12.