AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20964, 1 March 1930, Page 14

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

EXPLOSION AT FORBES. , SEVERAL SHOPS DESTROYED. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, February 28. A terrific explosion at Forbes, followed by a mysterious fire, 'destroyed several 1 shops. EXPLOSION IN QUARRIES. TH|IEE SERBIANS INJURED. SYDNEY, February 28. . Three Serbians received frightful injuries when a charge of blasting, powder exploded prematurely in the metal quarries at Berrinia. It is thought that sparks from an iron tamping rod ignited the powder. The three men were blown up, and were found many yards from the scene of the explosion. Two of them (George Gregovitch and Frederick Stepni) are not expected to recover. ' NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS. RUN AS BUSINESS CONCERN. SYDNEY, .February 28. The Chief Railway Commissioner reiterates his determination to run the railways, as a business concern, and hints that farmers who send their wool to market by road will • no longer receive rebates on the"transport of starving stock by rail. , , SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDG^. WOODEN STAGES CATCH FIRE. . SYDNEY, February 28. Two wooden stagings on the extremity of the northern section of the harbour bridge caught fire and burnt fiercely, providing a brilliant spectacle last night. At great risk tour firemen crawled, the girders and cut the ropes holding the stagings, and the burning structures fell into the water. The fire created great interest among passing ferry steamers. AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURES.THE POLICY OF PROTECTION. SYDNEY, February 28. Speaking at Albu'ry,' the Minister of Markets declared that the Federal Government uncompromisingly adhered to its policy of protection, believing that 80 per cent, of the £100,000,000 worth of imported goods could be manufactured in Australia. LEGISLATIVE REFORM. REFERENDUM BILL PASSED. SYDNEY, February 28. The Legislative Council passed the . Referendum Bill unamended. THE ENFIELD SHOOTING. ( .DEATH OF MRS EVENDEN. SYDNEY, February 28. (Received Feb. 28, at 10 p.m.) Edith Evenden, aged 27, who, with her husband, was shot by Thomas Jarvis, otherwise Johnstone, has died from the effects of the shooting. A shooting incident occurred at Enfield on January 13. Frederick Evenden (35) and his wife, Edith (27), were, walking along Kembla road, Enfield, ■when somebody fired a revolver, Mrs Evenden receiving a bullet in the chest and the husband a wound in the arm. The police later visited a house at Burwood, where they discovered Thomas .Tarvic (38) with a bullet wound in bis mouth. He died in hospital. FLOODS IN WESTERN ANSTRALIA. MAROONED PASSENGERS. . . ADELAIDE, February 28. (Received March 1, at 1 a.m.)

Seventeen tons of mails for all States and New Zealand, which arrived by the Orford at Fremantle on Tuesday week, have since been held up at Forrest on the transcontinental railway, which is flooded. The postal authorities trying io arrange to have the mails taken from Forrest to Cook by aeroplanes, thence overland by train to their destination. It is quite unlikely that they will be in Adelaide before next Wednesday. Many of the marooned passengers are returning to Perth,, while some are at the end of their resources and living in railway carriages. SHOOTING OF A CONSTABLE. MAN TO BE FLOGGED. MELBOURNE, February 28. (Received March 1, at O.dl) a.m.) Harold Francis Wilson, a ship’s steward, was convicted of shooting and wounding a constable. Ho was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, and ordered a flogging of 12 strokes.