AUSTRALIA NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA NEWS.

i [JfotESS Association.] : A METHODIST A'PI^ECIATIOK. |

-■•" : ■ ■-.■ :.;■■.' ;:SYDNEY, VjuIy 18.: i The "■ Methodist Board of Missionsj presented' Sir William \ MacGregori with an - address appreciative ofvhis interest: in evangelising and educating, the natives of the Pacific. Sir William MatGregor, in reply, paid a high tribute to th© work of the missionaries, •especially th.© -pioneers.

LACROSSE TEATVI FOR NEW ZEALAND.

; ,■•■:.. SYDNEY, July 17. A lacrosse team has'been selected to visit New' Zealanid -at: the end of August. ?:,' INFLKJENZA AT'PAPUA.

SYDNEY, July 17. An influenza epidemic 'is raging ■amongst the-natives of Papua.

LIFE PRISONER RELEASED

MELBOURNE, "July 18

"Robert Bennett, wiho was sentenced for life inil'9ll" for a criminal offence upon a girl of ten years, lias ,be««i released. ■ NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.

MEEBOURNE, #uly 18. '*Pbe new twopenny stajnp "has been approved. Tha King's. hea& "is the main feature. fJt does not reontain the%angaroo and<-emn, but the -^wattle is included. The penny stamp- will be p-rinted in mauve.

THE AERIAL POSTMAN

SYDNEY, July'lß. Gufllaux, upon arriving at Sydney, proposes to land :in th« sports ground and hand TKs Jto the GoT&ernor-Gener&Kj who will %c attending tine footballrisnatch.