AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14345, 15 April 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Br Telegraph.— Association.'— Copyright.' .'. BUSH '< FIRE. ' ' - (Received April 14, 11.30 p.m.) . .1 ' ' ■ MelbotjbneV' April 14. ',:," The captain of the Waipori has reported " that a great bush fire is sweeping over the biggest : island of the Kent Group, in.;. 1 ;' Bass Straits. -He saw the glare 80 milesoff. *} - ..'» ■' ■ _____ ■ . •< . or ■ TIMBER ' WORKERS' ' STRIKE.,£" (Received April 11.30 p.m.) /,> ex!-} Melbourne, April 14. A ballot of .wharf labourers endorsed the decision not to work timber, in sympathy with the timber strikers. ' \ - A POLITICIAN'S DOWNFAif.J 1 ,,* ■■■- y.-<----::t.x: ..■./,> -;.>\-Y ; PERra,,Apriit'A4»qr«l r: " Mr. J. M. Hopkins (member ;stjjsp'3 Legislative Assembly for Beverley, ancba&w* Minister for Lands) has been sentencedntW* five years' imprisonment on : a chacge/of forging and uttering a promissory nM6 fold £542. r 'OT THE MINIMBAH " A /•/■.■'• .•'?.''''. SYDNEY, April,"jJ,4.^H' The underwriters have- abandoned;; Minimbah, which struck the bar; ihmthe'.* Manning River yesterday, and brok# her» ,' back, and she may thus be a^ k total wreck. i.... (Received April 14, 10 p.m.) ,^..^,1 ' \„ ~ r Sydney, April 14 ; a . ; j One of the Minimbah's crew was dro^nedn -U by the upsetting of a boat while salvuigu . passengers' luggage. •- . v THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. '!"' .';'. Sydney, , April 14. o ,t A man, reported to .be an Otway pas- i; sengev, was yesterday admitted to the 7 Sydney . Hospital suffering from a • suspici- ■; ous disease, which has since been diagnosed - as smallpox, and he has ; been removed .; to quarantine. ,; . •■.."■■'.. '"■ . (Received: April 14, 10 p.m.) :... :C,,-.-Sk Sydney, April \ 14. /■ The smallpox , patient called.. at the Syd- Ji t ney Hospital, and his symptoms 60 aroused ;. the doctor's suspicion that ho had him placed in the casualty room, where he was examined, and all who came in con'tact with him were fumigated. ' ■ ' '* ' Mrs. O'Hara, a smallpox patient, who contracted the disease last week, is dead.;COUNTESS OF RANFURLY WRECK. .y ' ' Sydney, April 1 14. yO Details' of the wreck of the schooner :; Countess of Ranfurly show that she struck J. : a reef, 200 miles from the Isle of Pines, > ; during thick weather, and became "a. complete wreck. The crew took to the: boats, and the captain and a number of , hands ? in a whaleboat reached Noumea after being <:. afloat for five days, and suffering many privations. - v ' • .^-':\~.^ : -\ ■ AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. '' (Received April 15, 12.45 a.m. "; ? ■■•■■l--, _.'■■•:■- ~ ■ Sydney, April 14.-' ■ Wheat, 4s Id• flour, £10 ss. Oate i " Algerian, feeding, _» Id and 2s 2d white,, 2s 6d. Barley : Cape, feeding, 3s. Maize, . 3s; bran, £4 15©; pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, Taemanian, £6 10s ;' onions, Victorian, £4 ; butter, 98s ; cheese, s£d; bacon, • 7±d to Bd. < '- " V'' . , :'■■•.-". Melbourne, April 14. -'; / Wheat, 4s Id; flour, £i 0; oats, milling, Algerian, 2s 2£d. Barley : Feeding, 2s 5d ; malting,, English, 4s ; Cape, 2s Bd. Maize, - 2s 8d ; bran and pollard, £5 ; potatoes, £3 10s to £3 15s; onions, £2 15s to £3. V ! Adelaide, April 14. Wheat, £4; flour, £817s 6d; oats, Alge- ; rian, feeding, 2s; barley, 3s 8d ;'• bran and _ pollard, 13£ d. ,'■ .', MELBOURNE HIDE SALES. - > ; ,• (Received April 15, 1 a.m.) ', 4 V r Melbourne, April 14. At the sales to-day, hides generally were? .. £d lower. - v - ,„,' , s