AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12584, 14 October 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) • SYDNEY, October 13. The Australian .Philatelic Conference has been opened. Mr Bates represents New Zealand. The Eastern's passengers have landed, and are m quarantine. They are all m good health, with the exception of the smallpox patient. , Sergeant Motton, Queensland, won the King's Prize with a score of 293. He also won m 1905.

(Received October 14, 8.5 a.m.)' SYDNEY, October 14. The finish of the King's Prize at the rifle shooting contests was exciting. W. Cutler, twice previously a winner, came second, with a score of 292. James, of New Zealand, was fifth with 290. , Ching won £4 m the Longland aggregate. Marshall . won an additional £3, and James and Hunt won an additional £2 each.

.A letter has been issued by the Archbishop and Bishops, protesting against the Temere decree. After traversing various grounds of dissent the letter declares: "We cannot, without a protest and warning, allow the promulgating of a decree which practically reverses the old and intelligible canon law, and applies to all 'Christians,- other than those of the Roman obedience, treatment formerly meted to; pagans." The Philatelic Conference: resolved to ask the Postmasters-General of the Commonwealth and New Zealand that now issues of stamps be kept uniform m inspect to the "gauge of perforations, and m other respect. ; Advice Has. been received of the death m London, of Harry Rickards, the wellknown theatrical proprietor. The Postmaster-General has arranged to meet the telegraphists on Monday to discuss their troubles.

Mr Meehan, >f.P M is now. able to leave the hospital. [After a rowdy scene m the New South Wales Assembly on August 24, Mr Meehan, a Labor member, m the exuberance of his spirits,^ was sliding, down the banister of the stairs. H© overbalanced and fell on a, packing case j . a> fractured pelvis and concussion of the 'Brain. He was Removed to the hospital m ah unconscious condition.] Strike affairs at Lithgow are at a standstill. Ample funds are being received.

Fair, a motpr cyclist, rode from Melbourne, to Sydney. in 49 hours. He failed to lower the record of Pearson, a New South' Wales' cyclist. MELBOURNE, October 14. Clpm Hill has been reelected captain pf the test' matches against the English team.

The number of old pensioners m the Commonwealth is. 82,953. The total expenditure was £2,054,364. Tbe House of Representatives passed the Trans-Continental Railway Bill. Mr F. G. Tudor, moving the second reading of the Seamen's Compensation Bill, said the measure was similar to tliat passed last session' with the .exception that the Government had taken the power denied by the "fligh Courts to deal with inter-State claims. J In the 'Senate the Government was further heckled over the independent cable service. Mr Ohataway described the news sent as grotesque, absolute rubbisli. The Mt. Lyell Company has been notified that the engine drivers will be called out to-day unless the deniands are conceded * This means shutting down the mine. ADELAIDE. Oct. 14. The Temperance Alliance Conference carried a resolution m favor of making the closing hours of hotels the same as other tradesMr Holmes, of New Zealand, declared that the vital question at the forthcoming Dominion elections would , not be pplitipal, but whether they would have license or no-license. • . • PERTH, Oct. 14. Earth tremors have been frequent m Yprk and Wellington districts during the past three months. They have been confined to a radius of 20 miles, and are accompanied by violent explosivo noises. Numerous buildings have been badly damaged. .