AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telejrraph.— Ai«oci»tion.— • RUGBY FOOTBALL. , (Received September 4. 12.45 a.m.) Framantle, September 3. i Ceylon papers received by to-day's mail state that the English Rugby Union had refused to consent to a match between '_..-. the Australian amateur? and a Ceylon team. This, it is believed, is because the latter played the All Black professional ; • team last year. THE JAPANESE MURDERER. ' P*;ftTH,'September. 3. Oki, the Japanese fisherman, who ntur--1 deved a firmer limned thaw, told the • police that Shaw bad hie money. He ■ feared that Shaw was going to leave, and went triad and shot him. FLOODED RIVERS." Melbourne, September 3. > Heavy floods have been exporienrtetl in ' the Wnrrcambool district. I Adelaide, Septembck .5. r The Eight Hours' Day celebrations were » spoiled by iitckesant rain. The flood*. re- ;\. r ported from various districts are the largJest for ■.years.J ' :!■.■'.■ :,'.::':!:!'*■ V..!'., t COMMONWEALTH KKVEN'UE. i. . .■■■■ ... • " Melbourne, September 3. t The Federal Treasurer (Sir Win. Lyne) , estimates the revenue for the current year i at £500,000 below last year. # <-■.'.'■-■ ,: "; ■■■/.■■ i v''"- ."'>;"; . ■""'""TT— :■, ;■:!-. ■ '-.■>';. : '- ; ":, '■■■':^|:;s*si ? TRADE.WITH THE EAST. ' ,i < Melbourne, September 3. The Victorian and New South Wales Co. vernme'ats have accepted the tender of the r Eastern and Australian Steamship Com- > pany to extend the present servicei, from ;,' 1 Hongkong to Shanghai, with a monthly trip between Melbourne and Hongkong, the j, States paying a subsidy of £3900 per an- i'. - num. ' ~ '~.'. !> - ■•"'.:■ - . ■.. ~- ... „„•,<..... -■'.::■:■•".■ i'' ! !f • THE WEST AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY. ' Kalgooblie, September 3. Letters found on the body. of Walter , Douglas showed that he and Miss Waytb . had been living together, and that the • crime was premeditated. There are evi- ' \ deuces that the couple mi together on the 3 floor, and that Douglas t>W the girl ; through the head and then himself. • ~-.-:.- -■■-■\,v