TOWN EDITION AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 144, 16 June 1909, Page 8

TOWN EDITION AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[PESSS ASSOCIATION.] GOLF. SYDNEY, June 15. The Hon. Michael Scott (Victoria) won the New South Wales amateur golf championship, beating MacKenzie, of Sydney. THE WEEWAA TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, June 16. The youth Williams has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for the manslaughter oi Johnson, a travelling saddler. ROYAL NAVY CADETS. . MELBOURNE, June 15. The Minister for Defence is considering the suggestion that the Commonwealth should defray the cost of training Australian cadets m the Royal Navy. SEVERE EARTH- TREMOR. SYDNEY, June 15. On Sunday morning a severe eartli tremor was registere/1 by the Observatory. It is supposed to be a submarine disturbance a thousand miles off the New South Wales coast. ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. SYDNEY, June 15. Mr Coombes, president of the New South Wales Athletic Association and editor of the Sydney Referee, left by the Moana to attend the conference of the New Zealand . Association Olympic. Games representatives.