AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10583, 12 October 1910, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

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THE RICHMOND DISASTER

Received October 11. at 9,'20 p.m. Melbourne, October 11

M'Donaid, the South Yarra signalman, was discharged 111 connection with, the Richmond disaster case. The. Magistrate said the regulation under which he was charged was ambiguous. PAY FOR SUNDAYS... Melbourne, October 11. The Postmaster-General told a deputation that he favored time an<La;half for Sunday postal* work/ y SPARK DESTROYS PROPERTY. Sydney, October 12. A't >the. Circuit • Couiife- aT -farmer t was granted £.3000 forj damages .caused b> a spark from a railway locomotive setting fire to his property.

" . gYNOD. Received October 12, at 9.25 a.m. Sydney, October 12. The Anglican Synod adopted a resolution disapproving of-tlie iisc\of the word; Catholic as applying to the Roman Catholic bodj r only. . The Synod negatived a motion.-favoring ; the federation of the Anglican Church of the world: '

SUDDEN -DEATH. ' Sydney, October 12. a Alderman Ryalinerc while, presiding at a.-political meeting dropped dead on the platform.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Melbourne, October 12. lit the.House of Representatives the tlurd reading of the Suyar. Bonus Bill passed,?and the Sugar Excise Bill was put'through all- its stages.

PHOTOGRAPHING THE POLE. Freinantle, October 12. Mr Ponting. the camera artist with -the Scott expedition, is a passenger by the Macedonia, en route to Now Zealand. He brings a most peifect equip-: mcnt, and hopes to secure amongst other spoils a record--of the Antarctic natural coloring 011 autochrome plates.