AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12262, 27 September 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn. — By Telegraph — Copyright) SYIVNE^; September 26. ; Nurse -Brown, who is tindeir c6minitial In connection witH • the' Kensington mtirder, lias been allowed bail in £1000. Her son, John Brown, has been further r«ninnded in the Police Cdiiirt, where he jyas charged with ' being ail' accessory after the fabt: He also has been allowed bail in a sum of £400. (Received September 27, 8.50 a.m.) An outbreak of bubonic plague is re*ported ,at Bonde, New Caledonia. The necesaary precautions have been adopted by the .Commonwealth., : MELBOURNE, September 26. A number of telephone attendants have written - thapkingi the Postmaster-, Creneral for the tpll system, stating that their positions .ore now .tolerable. , . A report from thp Defence Department snows that though the r , membership of rifle clubs is now . fewer, there had been a marked increase in the number of efficient allots. 'MELBOURNE, September 27. , The Beaufort Fire Brigade has resigned^ in a body ae a protest Against not gating a, new station. ■ (>fficia} returns. show that tho average annual ' expenditure on intoxicating .liquors in Victoria for the five years ended 1909 was £3,996,300, or 64a per head of tho population. Up to August laat 5 407 hotels had been cjosed by the Licenses I^eduction Act. The prison returns show that the. number of persons detained in gaols last- year per 10,000---of population was 63 per cent, less than >n 1881. ■ ADELAIPE, September 26. Tho Mayor and Council strongly oppose a proposal to hand over a portion of tho park lands to tho CommoßweaJith for military purposes. f ! FREMANTJiE, September 27. 'Hie Pericles Salvage Company is realising handsome profits, and expect to repover £100,000" worth of Wool,' amongst other property. . ■ The Palmerston North Show may be shifted a little. It is proposed to sell the present show . grounds i.aiid buy a larger area of cheaper land outside the town. ." - " ■ A name means much. Grieve,, jewel- . ler, for rings, means splendid valae, selection, and , guaranteed satisfaction;! Bize card* free on application.*