AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 116, 14 May 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[PRESS ABSOCIA HON.] WILLIS'S ILLNESS. (Received May 14, 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 13. Medical certificates showed that Willis is suffering from nervous prostration. The case of alleged extortion against a man named Daley, in which he is to appear as a witness, was accordingly adjourned till June 3. MOUNT LYELL MINES. MELBOURNE, May 13. The net profit of the Mount Lyell Company for the last half-year amounted to £126,158. The dividend and bonus paid during the March period amounted to £105,000. A similar distribution is declared payable for June. GOOD RAIN. MELBOURNE, May 14. Useful rain is falling over a great part of the State. PREPARATION AND PEACE. SYDNEY, May 14. The Peace Society has resolved that compulsory training is inimical to the best interests of the country. BLASTING FATALITY. j BRISBANE, May 14. Two miners -and a shearer named ICexr were killed in a,blasting accident at the Mount Cuthbert mine. THE CONDEMNED SHEEP. MELBOURNE, May 14. It transpires that the shipment of . sheep recently condemned in London came from New South Wales, but was shipped at Melbourne. RACING ACCIDENTS. BRISBANE, May 14. Three horses fell at the Taroon races yesterday. A jockey named Webster was killed, and two others were severely injured. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES. SYDNEY, May 14. At a stormy special meeting last night, the Labour Council resolved by 63 to 53 to rescind tho motion previously carried advising the unions to ignore the Industrial Disputes Act. WESTRALIAN POLITICS. PERTH, May 14. Mr Keenan has resigned the At-torney-Generalship. Reconstruction of the Cabinet is pending. It is reported that the Premier (Mr N. J. Moore) will succeed Mr Rason as Agent-General in London. THE FILLER-IN. ADELAIDE, May 14. Lieutenant Shackleton has sailed for London. He hopes to return to Australia, shortly for further exploratory work, remarking: "Other parts of the world besides the Antarctic will stand a little filling-in." A CHURCH DISPUTE. SYDNEY, May 14. The High Court decided that the Presbyterian Church authorities did not proceed in accordance with the terms of the contract between the Rev. Mr Frackelton and the Church, and that the issue of a writ against the Church was not a breach of Mr Frackleton's ordination vows.