AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13762, 29 May 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.— Association.— Oopjrijrhl. THE. SYDNEY POISONING CASK. (Received May 29, 1 a.m.) > Stb.vkt, May 28. : , Jake Baikik, aged 42, a married woman, | was committed for trial at the Coroner's- ' Court to-day, charged with the murder of | Alexander Brown, aged 56, at Sydney, on or about April 25. The poisoning of f | Brown by arsenic is alleged. MELBOURNE HIDE MARKET. (Received May 29. 1 a.m.) | MKi.fioUii.vic, May 28, The hide market was brisk to-day, th* 1 prioe« for stout sorts and. kips remaining iunchanged. ' ; THE NAVAL POLICY. Syp.vKr, May 28. The Leader of the Federal Labour party (Mr. Fisher) is annoyed at the announcement that no opposition in to be offered to'' the vote of u-quarter of a million, struck out of the Estimate* hhl week, which it to , be- brought up as a seperate measure to mark the commencement of the policy of naval defence. COALING STATION IN THE NEW EBB IDES. Sydney, May 28. A new coaling station for British war* ships has been established by the Admiralty in the New Hebrides. PREFERENCE ON WINES. • Melbourne, May 23. In the Senate Mr. Best said the Go* vernment waa aware of the arrangement between Cape Colony and New Zealand for the introduction of Cape wine.* at specially reduced rate*, adding that in the draft reciprocity treaty of 1906, between the Federal Government and Mr. Sneddon, preference was promised the Australian wines. New Zealand statist its did not show that Australian trade with Ncw.Zeats'nd >va« guttering by South' African competition. NEW TASMANIA* PAPER. "' , HobaßT, May 28. A new morning paper, Daiiy Post, haft been started. lii Federal politics it «upports Deakinism. END OF TARIFF DEBATE. MKtMOCBNK, May 28. The House of Representatives has com eluded consideration of the Senate's tariff requests. OLD AGE PENSION'S. Melboitknk, May 23. The Federal Labour caucus decided to support the Government in passing a Surplus Revenue Bill with an Old Age Pensions Bill as an attachment. FIGHT BETWEEN BLACKS. Adelaide. May 23In a tribal fight at Ooodnadatta, South Australia, two aborigine** wore killed. HOSPITAL COLLECTIONS. Sidney, May 28. As the result Hospital Saturday £6351 i was distributed among the- hospitals, this being JDIiJOO above last year's total. SHIPPING SHELTERING. Sydney, May 28. A southerly gale, with a heavy ssea, pre* vails along the coast. Shipping is sheltering.