AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■ *» ■■■ bj Telegraph.— Association.--Copyright . THE RIFLE MEETING. ;/(Received October 11, 1 a.m.) » -.; ' •.;i:"I-:\-.-V>:. ;' ; ; Sydney, October lft The Rifle Association's meeting was con* '.* tinned*. to-day. There was a variable wind and shooting was difficult. Loveday. beat Shaw in the shoot-off for the Referee Match by 13 to 11. The following New Zealanders ~". gained : prizes : —The Jaque3 • . Match Needham, Hunt, Roots, "Cox, Henderson, and James, £1 each. ■ The Dudley Match: Loveday, Roots,.', and Perston, £1 . each. - ; The .Newmarket ." Match Marshall,. Ching, Given,'Gower, and Loveday, £2 each. ' :

THE ; NERA-TAVIUNI COLLISION. • •v .■■'':' Sydney, - October 10."... J. At the Nera-Taviuni' collision inquiry th« / ceptain of the Taviuni gave evidence that V he could easily have passed the Nera had the latter's towline not carried away;. Other / * evidence pointed to the era's engines'! fail-; '■/"; ing :.to obey the telegraph. ... 't ..>.; -••*'. / //'• - V(Received October 11, 1 a.m.) "■- : "- Sydney, October 10. The Taviuni has, been raised and i3*nowj in dock.: - SYMPATHY WITH WORKERS. (Received October 11, 1 a.m.) ./...,',, <- ; Sydney, October 10. ■ " /The Baptist Assembly, has passed a reso* /./" . lution, of, sympathy .with the workers of Australasia- in their attempts to obtain re-i :cognition of ■■:* their just aims and", aspira*. tions.. ; :' .. . '.-,;. .'~.r ;. i - BIG FIRE -AT KATOOMBA. \'~:i.i : ■../■ -,'::-?/;'-- 'Sydney, October 10. A big' fire occurred at Katoomba this . morning. .-.., It is supposed .to have; been / caused by lightning. The damageamounted; to £18,000, and -the outbreak is // the biggest in the history of the, town. Large crowds assembled in the streets-and watched the;progress of the fire.,, . •

• IMMIGRATION TO. QUEENSLAND., :'J\ijC. (Received October 10,. 11.30 p.m.) ■■'.■!- Brisbane, October 10. . * ; The steamer Norilla . has landed 1&1Q immigrants, a record for the State,. - THE SUGAR COMMISSION. ' (Received October 10, 11.30 p.m.) Melbourne, October; 10. " The Sugar Commission will hold its firsfl -meeting at Brisbane on October 25.. - THE WHALING INDUSTRY. . - . Hobart, October 10. A scheme is afloat for reviving the whal* ing industry in Tasmania., ' It is proposed! to establish a station.at Port Davejv - A. GOOD SEASON. - ■ 6yd set, October 10. The -whole of the southern districts of the State are experiencing the finest eeasoa for years, and the crop outlook is most promising. V, ,'l \, .-v-^-. •; . '.. • ,', ; .

__ ~..,':v.r-", '■-: ■".-':■■ '■■■'■■?.,■-?. .:■.:..-,- -?:>;.:■£; .'.'...3:«. v.,.;-::.'. ! :";:; MADAME MELBA. l'-:-'; ■ , •' Sydney," October 10. Madame Melba reappeared - last .nighfc after her recent illness, and scored' a splen- '' did success as Marguerite in "Faust." :.; - ■ THE DEATH SENTENCE. Brisbane, October 10. A youth named Gould has been sentenced to death at Cloncurry for the murder of an Afghan named Rushes The two were tramping together • and the Afghan. disap- ;:i' peared. Some of his belonging?, along with boms, Were found in a fire.' '"* • „,•»•-'<:»*' _~—. . ~ ■ .■... '.'. >;.■■-...; ' .:■ - . - • .-■.,.-::S- : ' ~ , v - . ~-',-. . — - «... .- . T - . EMBEZZLEMENT ;OF PUBLIC , , MONEY.

; • Sydney, October '10. Stanley, an accountant in the Customs . Department, has been sentenced to .three years* imprisonment, for . embezzling £1376, the funds of the Department:'' * -:—— • .-' • '.. . .: .'.-. ■,'-.' A YEAR'S TRADE. .. ~- - . -, ' r ,•' «' • ' ' Melboubne, October 10. .' The total trade of the Commonweal last year.' was £134,505,000," an increase of £18,015,000 compared with the previous year. The average per head of population was £30 Bs. Imports totalled £60.014i000 and exports £74,491,000. '" " " . ,'. • • s ■ < A HEW MINISTRY. •'•'. i: ' :u ' ' '•' : "'••"• " ■ Perth.;' October iff. The new. Ministers hare assumed'-offic* Sixteen candidates lost their "deposits at the elections. - J - SPRINT ; CHAMPIONSHIP. - .* S i J - *.£■■- <i ~KMelbourne, ~ October. 10 ; Jack j Donaldson and A. B. Post!*: h:iv@ I been matched to run over 80yds, 100 yds, land 110 yds for the world's sprint, championship on November 13. | - ~ THE SHEARERS' AWARD. . ■ • - - -> -• Sydney, October 10, .■ Mr. Justice Higgins will hear the repre* » sentations of both:sides before finally set* ■ •tling the terms of the shearers' award. - ■ • ■ ' — '■ —~" ''•" vVv.'V'••■" ■•-'"' 1 THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT. . \ Adelaide, October 10. The Christian Endeavour' Convention" ha* adopted (a resolution sympathising with the New Zealand temperance party's endeavour' to secure prohibition, and congratulating it.on past victories. .