AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 16 September 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

GOLF. By Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright. United Press Association. (Received 10, 9.55 a.m.) Sydney, September 16. The golf championship meeting has opened. Carnegie, Clark and Popplewell lead in the first two rounds. : MEDICAL CONGRESS. ,i ■ Sydney, September 10. Australia’s medical congress opens on Monday. CLAIMING RELATIONSHIP. Melbourne, September 10. Miss Ethel Lenevcn, champion ten*, nis to bo a niece ‘dP Richard Portingal Smith, millionaire'. She is setting inquiries afoot-here as.to possible claims under the will'-of, her, mother. Miss Smith’s sister died" V '• te ■ \ twelve years ago. Mrs Stewart, of Beech worth,, another of Miss Smith'sSisters,' died eighteen montlis ago. CAPTAIN COOK’S DIARY • Melbourne, September 16. In reference' to a recent cal)lo, Mr Fisher considers that £ooo was too much to pay for the leaf of Captain Cook’s diary. The Commonwealth was not likely to authorise the expenditure. A fnc simile of the missing page was secured some years ago, and’is now in the Federal mont’s possession; : i . >p BLEEDING TASMANIA., h -it Hobart, Sopteml)er, 16. , In the course of the Budget debate, Mr Whitsitts, said the Commonwealth Was bleeding Tasmania'to the extent of £200,000 per 'annum.-' 1 Her urged that if relief was unobtainable the painter should lie cut. 1 ■BUSH FIRES. ' <>v Brisbane, September 16. The weather is extremely hot. Bush . Ikes have.-caused immense damage.