AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11841, 3 May 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

Assn.— py Telegraph—^Copyright) I , SYDNECY, May 2v7, [ The Hospjtol: Saturday 'collections real. ised( .£6669, an increase "of £801 over ijlast year, -It is ■. expected, that -with, additional subscriptions still to come m the* total will reafch £7000. .

•{* The oweather was finei but jyintry for the. tennis tournament. ; ■- Miss - Powdrell j(New .Zealand)- had a comparatively easy -Victory over the Noav South Wales lady, champion, : Miss Powdrell also beat Miss iThomas (Victoria) m the ladies' --singles Handicap, 6— :3, 9-— 7. In the ladies', oubles handicap, Mrs Gpldie- and Misa Grey will play in' the -final .to-morrpto. j ! (Received^ May' 3, 10.5 a.m.) , ■ 'SYDNEY, May 3. f Much disappointment has been caused |by the tennis match between thfer NeAv and • the 'Victorian ladies, ph >Dayis Cup lin6s, liaving fallen throrgh .OAving to the Victorian authorities not .being prepared to play four aside. j The hospital collections included 1592,600 pennies and halfpence. | From to-day tho price of butter advanced ; to 112s. | MELBOURNE, May 2. • The new cable to Tasmania Avas-open-ed pn Saturday. . i (Received May 3, 10.15 a.m.) ; X '. - - MELBOURNE, May 3. \ The Commonwealth Premier, the Hon. H, Fisher, strongly approves of the Imperial Government's proposal to comminute ex-soldiers' pensions m order to encourage . emigration. ADELAIDE, May 2. Waipuna (by Soult — Folly) Won tho Elder Stakes (\veigkt,-for-age race), beating Trafalgar by a length and a half. Verenice Avas third.Time, 1,57.