AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12411, 22 March 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn.— By Tcjcgraph.— Copyright.) BRISBANE, March 21. The Inspector of. tho Ma^fkay . district reports that, last year 124 tons of beetloa exceptionally destructive to the sugarcane were 1 destroyed, at a cost of £827. BRISBANE, March 22. The , steamer despatched to pick up ,Mr .Staniforth. Smith's search parties, which are still out, was unaware of the. party's return. After - the disaster, Mr Smith was bootless, and . suffered terribly, from ulcerated feet until he con-, structcd boots of fibre. Speaking at a luncheon, Mr Smith declared that the j equipment of the expedition was ample, ' hut fdr' the mishaps on the river.. If the coal discoveries were found reach- j able it would ho via the Strickland river. !-.-.: MELBOURNE, March 21. The defects m tho destroyers have been rectified^ and they answered their holms to-dayi Th© cost of invalid and old age. pen- j sions reached £1,900,000 per annum. The total recipients ■' number- 75,942. MELBOURNE, March 2&. I The: Warrnambdol branch of. the Aus- 1 traliari Women's Union has declared m j favor of tho harem skirt. » . . SYDNEY, March 21. The referendum of the Broken Hill miners largely favored sighing the wages agreement Avith the proprietors. . The trial of Senkovitch, charged, with murdering Eismond, has opened. The accused, pleaded mn) guilty. The * Russian Cohsul-General avos officially,present. „' „-,. ,' -„ '. , ,■■ '' r Arrangements, have been completed for 'celebrating, the Bible tercentenary on the same dlite as the British celebrations. ■' ,'■;,'■. '' ,' .'.''.. -•(Received Match 22, 10.10 a.m.) , , " The Pearce-Kerap* sculling race for the championship. ' of Australia has been fixed for April 22nd. , As a result ,oi a ballot, the Broken' Hill miners will sigit.a four and a-half years' agreement with the companies. ' There, is. a further improvement of a. hfjlf-penny. m wheat. \7p to 5s sd: is offered. . r • .. : . ; . ; The revised /Commonwealth < electoral rolls shmv an' increase ~*Qfr 9307 since Pn ' h „ LApNCEST^N^Marph,ii2. , . The annual •cjohleren^j^ ihe Associated^ Ohambors Of Manufacturers' .has been opened. ,Jlr Joshua, m his presidential address, referring ; to • tho referenda, Stated .his belief > iii. • unification. -.He. would, aggrandise the National Parliament arid, deprive the. State : Parliaments of mjich of "their power, and Bolemn pomposity. The report - expressed . dissatisfaction m. the so-called protective ; tariff. It did ,not effectively protect! Australian industries. The report favored, the adjust-* ment of the tariff being taken out of. political control- < FREMANTLE, March' 21 f Prqfessor Havid is a passenger , from. London by the ; Orvieto. He has com' ploted arrangements for . ' the English publication of the geological memoir of Sir Ernest Shackletqn's expedition. (Received -Starch .22, 10.10 a^ni.) FREMANTLE, March 22, .-. Obituary : Max Maxwell, actor-mana : ger. - , ;,-. PERTH; March 22. . It is believed that cargo valued ,at £200,000 is still intact m the stern hatches of the 'Pericles. The forepart is' broken and the cargo . has disappeared.. Evidence m ".the Chaffinch case ' chiefly relates. . to GreenaAyays .reports, Which show -that'hW considered' the " property of little value, and Dyason Bonwick's dealings Avith scrip on the strength of a first-hand' report., ,