AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14132, 6 August 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.— ; Association.—Copyright. NEW ZEAL ANDERS' PURCHASE.

(Received August' 6, 1.5 a.m.) ' Brisbane, August .5."'. The Darr River Downs Estate at New Longbeach, containing 51,557 > acres of free- X hold and, 21,760 acres :■ of leasehold, with 124,000 sheep, has been sold to Watt and Coleman, of Napier.

BIG PRICE FOR A .BAM,

(Received August 6, 1.5 a.m.)

Melbourne, August 5, The merino ram Sir William has beer purchased by I the trustees of ; the Lite Sil W. J. Clarke's estate for 1350 guineas. :;

PREVENTION OF PLAGUE. (Received August 6, 1.5 a.m.) Melbourne, August 5. : New and drastic regulations have been * framed under the Federal quarantine laws j; to prevent shipping from introducing the plague. -.'.-.. . . • FROZEN MEAT EXPORTS. ;■•'■;' ■ ■~'■. .' .' * Sydney, August 5. The Chamber of Commerce has adopted its section committee's report in favour of improving the conditions of handling , frozen meat and also inquiry into -, the methods employed in dealing with the"''"." meat after it reaches London. THE FLAGSHIP'S CRUISE. :■ Sydney, August 5. .'■ The Powerful, with Admiral Sir Richard Poorer aboard, has sailed on a ■ v visit to Brisbane, in connection with the* : jubilee celebrations there. Afterwards she will cruise to the Islands. f - - * C POTATO DISEASE. x : Hobart, August 5. ; The report by the Victorian. Govern- , ment pathologist, after an exhaustive in- > vestigation, declares the disease> affecting* .■;. Tasmanian potatoes to be '.-. Irish blight; THE CHAMPION'S TOW. Sydney, August '5.-.' „ The steamer Duckenfield, $as been, dis- „ patched to assist the Champion to tow ; the ship Leicester Castle to Sydney. ANTARCTIC WEATHER RECORDS, .. Melbourne, August 5. ' Lieutenant Shackleton's Antarctic , me-; teorological records are being: examined v and arranged by Professor David. They will eventually be handed over to the. > Commonwealth. • ~ A HEAVY SNOWSTORM. SYBJfEY, August 5. The temperature in Sydney yesterday was the lowest for August ; since 1899. The heaviest snowstorm ever known in Kiandra has been raging for 11 days. SCENE IN PARLIAMENT. Sydney, August 5. Mr. Carmichael created a scene during the debate on the Inebriate's Bill by de- ; , claring, "We have had, and have, brutal Ministers." -Refusing to -withdraw the _ remark, he was named, and escorted by the Sergeant-at-Arms from the Chamber.