AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12017, 14 July 1902, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyrigkt' . WHEAT AREAS; .= V Adelaide, July; 12. :■;.-■■ The Government are opening. wheat areas in the Ninety-mile Desert; 80,000 acres Lave;. Keen taken up. Wheat grows well in the so-called desert with the aid of fertilisers,. . A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. Sydney, July 12. f, News from the island of New Britain, in'; the Bismarck Archipelago (Western Pacific)^! states that .a German punitive expedition' ( killed 150 men of the tribe to which the .'■ murderers of Mrs. Wolff (a trader's wife) be*, longed. '■' The tribe was .practically wiped out. • , -> : ■ ~.. '; '.:„. A NEW GUINEA FATALITY." '* ' ' Sydney, July 12. : News from New Guinea states that the boiler of the small steamer Endeavour .ex-.', ploded, and the engineer, Mr. Pearson, was: killed. Another man, Clarke, was injured. .THE FEDERAL TARIFF. Melbourne, July 12. ; The Senate has reduced the duty; 'oh! cement to 6d per barrel. . .. , •- ACCIDENT IN* A DOCK. Sydney, July 12. . •: An "accident occurred' to a barque when in dock at this port.; Most of (the water". | had. been pumped out of the. 'dock, : when• I the vessel suddenly canted. , (Considerable; damage was. caused. , . Later. ; The accident occurred at the JubileeDock. The large American barque La; Haine, on entering the- dock, canted or. partially collapsed. The barque jammed,; and' a ■ number; of; workmen had fa narrow escape. Eventually .the dock was submerged, and the barque was released. I ORDERLY UNIONISTS. /:.':.„.:.;;;; _, Melbourne, July 12. Recently the miners of Out-trim collier? struck against working with non-unionists.-, One of the latter was without food or shelter,; and a "unionist; named Barton, out of ; pity,. sheltered him. The other unionists were; incensed, and "last night the general body,; including , women, attacked: Barton's house, \ smashed; the doors and windows, and kept up a fusillade of stones till the arrival of thepolice. Barton and the non-unionist were taken to the police station for. safety. .'Five ; : unionists were arrested, and additional ■ police have been sent to prevent further out > break. ' ~ " ';'. * ' QUEENSLAND SHEEP AND CATTLE.; ' ' Brisbane, July 12. The Minister for Railways, in declining a request not to impose increased freights, said in 1893 there were 21,000,000 : ( sheep -and, 7,000,000 cattle in Queensland. Now; there ■were only four or five million ."-'sheep and. about three million cattle. THE WRECK OF THE KARAWEERA. ■■''; : : Brisbane, July 12. f. ■ The Marine Board found that the loss of, the; steamer Karaweera, in the Fitzroy./ River, was caused by the indiscretion of the/ master, Captain Ivfunro, in navigating the \ river after a long absence. The Board re*/ commends the cancellation of his pilot ex- y emption certificate. !..■-'■ -■.■„

MANUFACTURE OP IRON .AND STEEL TUBES'. ; , Sydney, July 12. : A preliminary meeting of business men decided to take over the whole of the Austral Han and New Zealand rights of the Pen-in Company of England '■ for '< an improved method of manufacturing'. iron , and steeltubes. A strong organising'committee was. formed. lb is stated . that everything is itt" readiness-' to start* manufacturing. Perrins v ' are prepared to take £30,000 'worth of shares 1 out of the total hundred thousand "'-: to" b<* issued. ." ■._ '~ '-"- : ; " SIR E. BARTON. V Sydney, July 12.; v Mr. Deakin states Sir E. Barton will) probably remain in London for the Ooroni-4 tion if it is not delayed after the middle of I August. y , ORANGEMEN AND THE POPE. (Received July 11, 1.10 a.m.) • ; v " . Sydney, July 13. A great Orange religious festival was held" in, the Town, Hall. One speaker.denounced Sir E. Barton for toadying to the! Pope during his visit to Borne. A minister, of the Church of England followed by doclaring that the Pope's existence should be ignored by every Prostcstanfc who goes to Italy. If Sir E. Barton was true to hia. country he would never have called upon him. Ho believed the Pope privately was a good man, but politically he was an in-* ternational nuisance, and ought to bei abolished. ' -xi - ■■■/.■":.■'>'