AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 113, 11 May 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[PEESS ASSOCIA tION. ] A CENTENARIAN.

(Received May 11, 10.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, May 11. A woman named Mrs Neale has died at Richmond, aged 100.

A BRIGHT METEOR

SYDNEY, May 11

An unusually brilliant meteor was observed at Stroud last night. It was accompanied by loud rumblings and strong atmospheric vibrations. VICTORIA AND FIJI. MELBOURNE, May 11. The Government have accepted Sleigh's tender of £6000 per annum for a fortnightly shipping service between. Melbourne and Fiji. MELBOURNE HARBOUR DUES. MELBOURNE, May 11. The Harbour Trust has drawn up a fresh scale of charges, with the idea of protecting local manufacturers I against inter-State competitors. An increase of Is to 3s per ton is made. A CLERGYMAN KILLED. SYDNEY, May 11. The Rev. Mr Allen, a Presbyterian minister, was killed while driving to church at Bilambil on Sunday. His horse bolted, and threw him out of the buggy. FORCING WILLIS TO APPEAR. SYDNEY, May 10. An order has been made calling upon W. N. Willis (who was recently assaulted) to appear within three days and give evidence in the Daley extortion case. THE HARE SYSTEM. SYDNEY, May 11. Mr McGowen has returned from Tasmania, where he participated in the election campaign. He emphatically condemns the Hare system of voting, which he characterises as an absolute negation of the principles of manhood suffrage. It stands only for representation of minorities and various sectional ideas.