AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15375, 9 August 1913, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

M.P.'S GET TO BLOWCy AFTER HEATED DEBATE, By Telegraph.— Association— Copyright. (Becehred August 9. 13.80, ■ B,ra.X . BtDNETi AngUSt. 8. At an early hour this morning, the ; House of Assembly had sat all night, Mr*' !Holh tf s, the> member Id/ punched" Mr. Cohey", the Member for Petersham. on the jaw is: the.ioboy, owing to reseat-;;'"; ment at remarks exchanged in the heat of a debate m*tbe House. Mr. Cohen did hot retaliate, irod soma of the' members present jp?Bf vent further, hostilities. Subsequently Mr. Hottis apologised' t& . :-7 Mr. Cohen, who accepted the apology* TASMAJTIAH HYSTBEY. FARMER DONE TO DEATH, "".. '■'•'■ '?»':•'.' At the inquest on the raaarlns of Wißiajtt James Mullins, ■ a farmer, of tbo Deldraine district, who was found dead last month near Mathlna, his body- having'; been partly Surged, the evidence chiefly centred round the movements of a i armer named Jones, a aeighbour of "Muilias.lfi is alleged that there was bad blood be.twcen the two over a laid and ofch«r transactions, '.'.'•'....'••'■.. ■■■-.;' v ■ ; Jones explained that he was -slacoting... opossums at the time of the supposed murder, which accounts for tfi& ahoto then heard. ~<!;'' ~> :_„'',,.' .. PBOGSESS OF HSAT fRA&Z. MORE iSTEAMESS FOR PACIFIC. -',■:' ..■. ' .-•• •-. '■': - ' ■■*'■■■''.: •■.Bkmhbt, August 3. The Willochra enters the San Francise* Ijervice,' leaving Sydney on September 4. 'Lite Morning Herald states that, owing to the large increase in the export of Australian meat to America, the Union Company has found *t necessary to add the Willochra and Qanadtv Capo to the Sydney-San Frahcisco ser»ica. The last-named vessel leaves next iveek; -Hwp entire refrigerated 9pace is taks n up with. meat and other frozen goods. THE SStAIiPOX 80ARS. (Received August 9, a.m.) Six cases of smallpox are wsported from the metropolitan area to-day. A steward aboard the P. and O. liner Mong&JSa, which arrived IS days ago, was vaccinated <m July 17, when the vessel was between Fremantle and Adelaide, but baa now developed a suspicious 'rash. He has been quarantined as a suspect. The doctors, however, are not Unanimoue as-te whether the ease ia actually one of sniallpox, or whether it ia due to vaccination. Successful precautions have been tatea fa» fumigate the vessel aud trace contacts. The vessel. i» due to sail tovyßw>rrow» PREFESSNOE TO TOTOHXSTS. " .'■.'■ • Stdnet> Augusfc 8. The Sydney Labour Council has adopted - a resolution deplormg the Federal Qoyernmeat's action in abolishing preference to unionists. :.",:-; ; -v ..■■■ ""■" "": ; v COAIrKTKEES «H STRIKE. Stodket, August -8.; ■ Hundreds o4 miners ax* idle 'in the ' Newcastle district, owing !» disputes iu several of the pite. , . '.".. ._ •:.'.■■■- —■ •>. HUSBAND SHOT BT WEFE* Stdnsx, August 8. Mrs. Donne, who shot hVx husband "aft Woplloomooloo yesterday, stated, in the ■ '-.>} Police Court to-day that abe did not in- ; ; ■;;;- tend to shoot, but only l> frighten her ■ husband. Besides the thsrea 'ioaded: cart- ;J ridges, her revolver conW.in<a : two*hlani t cartridges filled with soap, -,\[. ;" £|gjfj STATE STOCK BETUaHS, " \ J deceived August 8, H.S'' p.in.) *. ''.\ Sttjw3t, August 8. "At the end of 1912 tho;nuife^];©wea : - .v ; . in New, South' Wales totalled 19,038,000/ a - decline of .1,685,000 compared with 1911. -: ,u)j Lambs ape estimated at .7,4Bl^oCOv{equal^ to 65 per vent., or 3,385,000 above the 1911^^ .estimate* v."- , Brisbane, August 8. The' number of cattle Queensland at .the end of-- last year waa 5,210,891^^1® crease: of *; 137,600. %ft Homes numbered! §§ i 674,573, an of 55,619, and' sheep ' 20,310,056, a decrease of 420,945,;