AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13927, 8 December 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS .

. . 1 "'? JVt ■'•'"■: ' '. By Telegraph.— Associa^tibn.—Copyright . ..•.;■, .V, ' ■■ JBO **«»??* :..., TENNIS TOURNAMENT, '^-' . (Received ..December 8. 1.10..a.m.) ' • '-;".' '''■'' '■'■ ;.S?DXET,jDcc«htt>er.7. ' The Australasian Tennis Championship Meeting' commenced to-day.' ', In the singles competition Parker beat Jones, 6— 6—l, 6—3. In the doubles Wilding and'■] Dr. Sharp beat Campbell and Fisher, 6—3, 6—4, A— 6,.6—1.- .- ' : .-Sy''-^''. - ••• • ' \~ :•'.■" i ' NEW TASMANL&N JUDGE. - : % (Received December o. 1-10, a.m.) ' ; ; Hob art; December 7. Mr. Herbert .Nicholls, ' Leader .of : the "Opposition, has .been .tthjird! Supreme Court judge. The position-.was offered to the late Mr. /DobSorV, -Agent-General, but refused. - ~ ' •:;'.:...""!;; [Judge Nicholls is a son of Mr- H. I*. Nicholls, who has been editor of the Hobart Mercury since 1883, and is 41 years .of age. ■ He-was called to the Bar in : 1892, \ and first entered Parliament in 1900,' being the recognised leader of the'.Democratic : • movement in Tasmania:] ; ' " ■ . '-.■■'' '"■. C, -'.: : ;; ;,i ■: :.;• ?. ,&?$£ %/, VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS. (Received December 8. 1.10 a.m.) , -'"■"• Sydney, December 7. Violent thunderetorms in ' the'. Wagga ami, Albury districts * have 5' interrupted communication with the southern States, > .''■ "' ""''-""-tJ-i-