AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11619, 5 April 1901, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright (Received April 5, 1.24 a.m.) SYDNEY AGRICULTURAL SHOW. Sydney, April 4. At the Agricultural Show, iTiomas Parker, of Dunedin, obtained, the second prizd for the Ayrshire bull Baden-Powell, and J. Lawson the first prize for heavy draught stallion Brilliant Boy, bred in Otago. *

THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. . ■ ' Brisbane, April 4. Owing to the flooded country on th* western frontier, it is feared i that the f seven representatives of Queensland, including Mr. Drake, will be unable to taks their • ; seats at the opening or the Federal Parliament, as it is almost impossible to get the) returns in time for the.'day fixed for return of the writs. ■ Sydney, April 4.- " Mr. Blackmore, clerk of the South* Aus* tralian Parliament, has been appointed clerk of the Senate. Mr.: Jenkins, clerk of the Victorian Assembly, has received the' temporary appointment of clerk 'of! tha "•§ House., , t ' ~ BANK ROBBERY. Brisbane, April 4. A Chinaman entered the Bank of New> South Wales at Toowoomba, flourishing a tomahawk.: He seized : £30, but 'was sub- ,V sequently captured after hurling the toma- 1 : a hawk at the constable. THE SYDNEY DIVORCE CASE. Sydney, April 4. Dr. O'Haran has been the recipient oi hundreds o> congratulatory messages, including telegrams ■ from Archbishop Red« i," wood, : Bishop Grimes, and the Rev. Father'• Clery, of New Zealand. THE CONWAY CASE. Sydney, April 4. The trial of Mrs. Smith commences on Thursday. A strong Bar has been retained for the defence, with Mr. G. H. Reid as ■' ■■ leader. SMALLPOX. April 4. \ Two fresh cases of smallpox have dccurred .■■; at the quarantine station. The patients are sisters of the man Thynne, who was attacked _- last month. They were quarantined as contacts. , ~