AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 170, 20 July 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press association-]

GOLF

(Received July 20, 10.1 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 19. The amateur golf championship of Australia was won by; Pearce (Tasp mania), who defeated Christoe "by ten up and. eight to play. WARM FOR X WINTER. / . SYDNEY, July 19. The weather to-day was warm, the shade temperature being; 71.9. It wa3 one of the hottest July days for fortynine years. A JOCKEY KILLED. 1 MELBOURNE, July 20. ' /While running in the Ulupua Steeplechase a;t Caulfield on Saturday, Envoy, the favorite, fell, rolling over and killing the jockey, Heyhoe. THE ORION MYSTERY. LAUNCESTON, July 20. The marine inquiry .into the loss of: the- Orion found that there was no evidencel to show how the vessel was lost, but the Court was of opinion that too much cargo was carried. WALKING EXTRAORDINARY. PERTH, July 20. In a 26 hours' walking match, Johansen, a New Zealander, covered 111 miles in 24 hours 22 minutes, winning the contest. The other competi,tors had dropped out by the time that the distance to be walked, had been reached.