AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 268, 13 November 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

fpttiiSS ASSOCIATION.] RECORD BIRTHS,

SYDNEY, Nov. 13. During the past, three months the population of the State has increased by 12,696—the largest quarterly* inr crease for many years—while the number of births is a record.

BIRTLES IN SYDNEY

SYDNEY, Nov. 13.

Birtles finished his. ride from Fremantle to Sydney in good trim. He covered 3056 miles in 45 days. On each of the last 20 days he* did brer 100 miles.

A TEMPESTUOUS TRIP

MELBOURNE, Nov. 1.2. The steamer Indradevi, which, arrived from New York to-day, experienced a tempestuous voyage from the Cape, mountainous seas sweeping the decks.