AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9646, 22 January 1903, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

e . .^ ' ' Bleotrio Telegraph-Copyright-Unitea Ptes* Association _ . MELBOURNE January 21. "\ A jamb sitting of th fr two Houses se- V lected m the first ballot Mr Robert Rejd, Minister of Education, a Freetrader, as successor to the late. Sir F. Sargood. The {senate s choice of a, Freetrader came as a surprise. J MELBOURNE, January 22. Ihe voting at the. Senatorial election 1 ™1 : ,^' d 68, Sir A. Pea- :> cock (Protectionist) 51, A. Barker (secrej tary o( the Trades Hall) 12. Obituary: Captain Malcolm Muir, for j m«ny years connected with the Union j Company. . ADELAIDE, January 21. t A cellarman named Castle was drowned! t m a vat of stout at Walkerville breweryIt is supposed tliat lie was overcome by the fumes white testing. I ADELAIDE, January 22.. Mr J. V. Loughillen has been appcmrted! an honorary commissioner to visit New ( Zealand to enquire into the agrie-ultuTai and dairying industries, and Mr G. Ridt dock a commissioner to enquire into irrigation and the dairying industry in Great . Britain and America. \ [ SYDNEY, January 21, L R. Cavill, at the- Newcastle Biffe, , swam 120yds in lmin 12 1-lOth secTa i world's record. The Cycling Carnival has concluded. There was general interest in the international championships, and an attend- ■ [ ance of 25,000. The match between Gudgeon and Walker, to decide who would! . meet Major Taylor, resulted in a winz /or Gudgeon, who, making a phenomenally, fast finish, beat Walker by a length and a-quarter in 2min 3 2-stli sec. Gudgeon tW tackled Taylor in the first event,, a mile, . paced. Taylor won. by three lengths in 2min 2 2-sth sec. In the second event of a. mile he was unpaced. Taylor won by a. similar distance in 2min 12 3-sth sec. The winner held Gudgeoni easily. He displayed" mhgnificent forra, and received an ovation. Taylor also you the Taylor Plate, Walne being seoondy and Walker third. Chalmers ran second to Taylor in the qualifying heat. (Received January 22, 10.20 a.m.r SYDNEY, Jftnwary 22, The cyclist Macdcmald has, challenged Major Taylor to a series of races for a prize of £100. Taylor goes to .Melbourne to meet Rob], tho world's champion pacefollower, in ibrec paced races. >*\ Sir Edmund Bartoa is advised that ' plagwe- is prevalent at Mauritius. During the week ended December 4th there were 18 cases, 12 of which were fatal.