AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10640, 18 April 1906, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

♦ (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) SYDNEY, April 17. At the show the following drtf ught stallions were sold:— On account of Mr Grunt, Invercargill. Colonel Robin, realised 95 guineas and Taieri Lad 55 guineas; on account of Mr Clu*y..tal, of Lochiel, Hector fetched the record pric L . of 143 guineas. The racehorse 1 .UGiufton has been sold to an Indian sportamuu for eighteen bundled guinea-?. For the bowling championship of Australasia, Hale, of Sydney, beat Stephens, of Victoria, by one point. The bulk of those arrested at the "two up" school raid pleaded not guilty, and were remanded for u week. Seven' pleaded puilty; and were lined £5. Tlie agricultural interests of the State liave sustained almost irreparable lo_s by the death of William Fairer, Government wheat experimentalist. Mr. Farrer, who wua known as the Burbank of Australia, devoted his life to breeding wheats of greater disease and drought-resisting (jualities. So valuable were his researches iu this direction that the Indian Government sent an official to consult with him on the subject. At tlie first annual conference of coopeiatiyc dairy factory managers and secretaries, the president, referring to tho quality of the pine need for butter boxes, said New Zealand pine commended itself a. the most reliable wood for the purpose. They had to admit that tho local piue failed to give the same results) as New Zealand. (Received April 18. 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 18. Tho Town Clerk'** annual report shows that tlie capital value of Sydney properties for rating purposes is £45.545,000, an increase of £646,000 on the preceding Tear. The death-rate of the city is the iowc6t for eight years. At the yearling sales sixty youngsters realised £9925 guineas. . A brother of Lord Fitzrov and sister of Ebullition brought 850 guineas each. Mr Carruthers st«tes that while a very large amount of Australian money has gone to London for investment, it lni6 not been done suddenly. The money is sent pending better securities offering hero. MELBOURNE, April 18. A gang of women huve been carrying out syatematiscd sliop-lifling for some time past. Goods liave been stolen to the extent of twenty or thirty pound** per day. Two arrests have been made. ADELAIDE, April 18. Captain Pearson, a North Sea and English Channel pilot, was brought on here by the bui-|uo Genista. A tefrilic gale prevented him being landed in England.