AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 115, 16 May 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press association.j THE NEW HEBRJDES. (Received May 16, 10.25 a.m.)

v MELBOURNE, May 16. - At the Presbyterian' Assembly, the Rev. Mr Paton reiterated his warning that there was. a danger of the New Hebrides passing over to France despite the convention. There were no prospects1 of the Court's beginning its sittings for a long time. The traffic in liquor and firearms and illegal recruiting were worse to-day than twenty years ago. DROUGHT: JN TASMANIA. ; l HOBART, May 16. There is a severe drought in th"c southern districts. Stock are starvmg' A BIG CONTRACT. SYDNEY, May 16. The Seaham Coal Company have secured the contract for coaling the American fleet at Sydney. THE BRITISH FOOTBALL TEAM. SYDNEY, May 16. The British .Rugby team have agreed to play two, and probably three additional matches in Australia after their visit to New Zealand. ' THE MISSING STEAMER. MELBOURNE, May 16. Continued heavy weather is interfering with the search for the Orion. There is still hope that she may be sheltering. MOTOR-CAR FATALITY. MELBOURNE, May 16. I The motor-car of Mr A. Clark, a well-Known mining engineer, collided with a fence. Clark "was killed, and his chauffeur, Hall, badly injured.