AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14391, 9 June 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■.-..■..■.,'■■■• __— ♦ ■■ " i - By Telegraph.—Press Association.— OopyrighUi THE FATAL ALTERCATION. (Received June 9, 12.30 a.m.) . "*'.'.■'. ( '■'. '.'.' ";"". Melboubne, June 8. At an inquest on the body of the assistant ; -< teacher, tHulme,, who was found, dead after : an altercation with the headmaster of the Flemihgton school (Roberts), a verdict was returned.that death was the, result of heart disease. ' LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. (Received June 9, 1 a.m.) Melbourne, Jure 8. - The Tennis - Association ' has received it* letter from the Queensland- Association, opposing the shifting of'the headquarters of the Tennis Association < from Sydney to Melbourne. The New Zealand Association also wrote endorsing the opinion of the Victor ian* Association that it was inadvisable that the-Federal headquarters should remain- in one State. , , THE AEAWA'S PASSENGERS. Hobakt, June 8. The Arawa , arrived from London at 10 a.m. and left for Wellington at five o'clock this evening. She landed 12 passengers for Australian ports, and 213 are proceeding to New Zealand. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. Adelaide, June 8. ■ '•■ The King Edward - memorial • fund has reached a total of £5224. ' - UNIVERSITY EIGHT-OAR RACK. Adelaide, June 8. ■ The inter-University eight-oar race resulted in a win for Adelaide, with Sydney second, and Victoria third. The race was won by-five, lengths. .... . - —; — '- i t FIRE ON A STEAMER. y • -<-',' Brisbane, . June 8. ■ A fire started last night ' among , the general cargo in No. 5 hold of the steamer Australia, lying at the wharf. (Received June 9, 1 a.m.) V-. ; ;- '.''Brisbane," June. 8. -• .^ The fire oh the Australia has been ex- : : : ,'^- tinguished. It originated in a hold containing copra. The general cargo was unt . damped. " ' ___--• •';""■■ THE LABOUR PLATFORM. g| Perth, June 8. - .1 ' The resolutions adopted by the Labour • % ; Congress included nationalisation of the ; medical profession and chemists, : abolU ,;,; ; tion of capital punishment;; adult, mumcivr, pal suffrage, and the abolition, of } plant ; . " ,sm* ■ - . ;,;,