AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14016, 23 March 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.— Association.—Copy . ' FOOTBALL ■' PROFITS ' (Received March 23. 12.45 a.m.), ." t Sydney, March 22. ■ Robert Jack applied to the Equity Court to-day to compel the ] New South ; Wales Football • League to pay him £165, the amount awarded under the decree of August 28 last as his share of the .'proceeds of the Maori; team's tour, still unpaid. 1 The league offered £56 in full settlement of the claim. The ' Court ordered the Master in Equity to inquire as ]to the moneys held by the league. - ' . ■ •' '■ TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. • \ - Adelaide, . March 22. , In the men's doubles State championship, Bowen and ' Taylor (South Australia) beat Parker (New South Wales) and Quill (New Zealand), 6—2, 6—3, 6—2." A NEW ZEALAND HORSE. A (Received March 23, 1.5 a.m.) , ' , Melbourne, March 22. . The New Zealand-bred horse Soultline has been sold for 800 guineas, and goer to India. * ■'■■.'■}':■ THE s PLAGUE OUTBREAK. ' Sydney, March 22. \_ A third, patient from Wearne's .mill, Darling Harbour, has succumbed to plague. i BROKEN HILL MINERS. ' y ; Sydney, ; March 22. The combined unions of Broken Hill are asking for further financial support., They have notified all the. Labour bodies that the lockout is not over, and that complications have arisen threatening a continuance of the trouble. ' * '■■':'['■• EARTH TREMORS. Sydney, March 22.-' The seismograph at the Observatory recorded severe earth tremors on Thursday morning, corresponding to the Perth Observatory records. , '/ A RACECOURSE ACCIDEFT. Sydney, March 22. The New Zealand horse Snowfoot ran unplaced in the Eosehill Juvenile ■ Stakes. A dozen horses fell in the Trial Stakes, All Blue being killed and several jockeys badly injured, Clayton seriously.