AUSTRALIAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 19 June 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN.

o , .CENSUS RETURNS. (Received 19, 10 a.m.) Brisbane, Juno 19. Tbef .ft util census returns sliow:- • Males. 303j67-I, females 279,268.. SCARCITY OF LABOUR. Brisbane, June 19. The Premier inis sent a message t< . London,.stating that sixteen railway lines are in course of construction, employing four thousand labourers, ai additional two thousand being requir cd. LAND TAX PAYMENTS. Melbourne, June 19. Last week’s land tax payments totalled £28,910, including a cheque fo. £Boo* - ALLEGED ILLEGAL SEIZURE. y Perth. June 19. The captain of the Dutch vessel towed to Broome 'declares that ho was illegally seiz'd on tbe M' r h seas in vio lation of international law. MUTINY OF A CREW. Perth, June 19. The steamer Skerriss has arrived from Durban. The captain reports that the Chinese crew mutineed anc assaulted the third engineer. He puin to Mauritius, where the mutineer; wore sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment. A new crew was obtained. A PRESENT FOR THE KING. Brisbane, Juno 19. The Government is presenting t!u King with a charger to celebrate .tin Coronation. STATES AND COMMONWEALTH. Melbourne, June 19. Twenty-five shillings per head pay meats to the States will this year ir made on the Statistician’s estimate ) population last December, not on th census. This will mean a gain to Ncv South Wales of £15,000. A MYSTERY "CLEARED. Melbourne, June 19. TJie mystery attached to the discovery of wreckage at Franksion ins ',iee; cleared up. The Naming on her his. voyage had a lot of immigrants’ temporary hatches constructed, and who* finished with they were jettisoned. A NARROW ESCAPE. Adelaide, June 19. The .renroof curtain, weighing twound a half tons ,at the King’s Theatre fell and crashed through the stag' The actors had a uerrow escape. The porformanee was abandoned-.