AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12816, 16 July 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

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SYDNEY, July 15. The hearing of the sugar case has been completed. Judgment -was. reserved for a week. , At the inquest on the body of Phillips (a jockey, who killed Miss Rayner at Mudgee, and then shot himself), the evidence showed that Phillips declared on the day of the tragedy that Miss Rayner had some jewellery belonging to him, and that if it were not returned I he would swing for her. In the billiard match, of 9000 up, between Inman and Williams (the latter receiving 1500), Williams , has scored 2750, and Inman 668. (Received July 16, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 16. At the annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association the reports showed that a strong int-er-state fund was being formed to fight the claims of the Rural Workers' Union. The president's address to the Association opposed the Government's land' policy. He stated the 1 Association had no intention of being a tail of any party, Labor or Liberal. Iff they Were any part of the dog it would be the •head. ; Sir E. Sweet-Escott, m a speech, said that the administration of the New Hebrides was a very difficult task, owing to dual control. He did not favor the . condominium, and would welcome any change giving the British Commissioner greater powers. The miners have asked for a conference with the proprietors m connection with the threatened wheelers' trouble. Sheep at Homebush continue to realise good prices, there being a record for crossbred wethers, to 41s 6d. There was a ■ good supply of cattle, but the prices will remain high until the normal conditions are restored after the drought. The dearness of meat continues. A deserter from the warship Drake was recaptured and sentenced to a term of detention. He was handed over to the Naval authorities. He made a statement thatv he and another man -were concerned m the murder of Leon Beiron at Glapham Common <>n January 1,. 1911, and that Morrison, undergoing sentence for the crime, is not guilty. The authorities attach little importance to the confession. They consider that the man is seeking cheap notoriety. The man was serving m the Home fleet at the time of the tragedy. Amongst Edgerton's effects was a rambling letter to Lord Chelmsfprd that the police and others were dogging him and trying to murder him, preventing him from earning a living. The inquest has not been finished. Various Orange demonstrations car^ ried protests against the Ne Temere decree. , MELBOURNE, July 15. N The flagship Drake, from Sydney, has arrived. The Admiral and officers will be entertained at a public social on. Tuesday night. MELBOURNE, July 16. Mr A. Fisher, the' Federal Premier, was the first depositor at the opening of the Commonwealth Bank, The Right Hon. J. Bryce had a brilliant reception at the university. In. the billiard match, Recce has scored 9339 and Lindrum 9003.