AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 28, 18 September 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

TWO BROTHERS DROWNED. ' • By Elcc'tvic Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. \ (Received 18, 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, September IS. Two b: others named Nicol were drowned while- surf-bathing. at Shirroul. • • -• WADE AND WILLIS. , Sydney; September 18. Mt. Wade. referring to Mr Willis’s challenge,, sa: i it would ill become the H leaner of a political party to’enter into a political contest with a blackleg hembyr of that party. It was the ditty of Mr Willis’s constituents to dvina-kirn out of tiro Liberal army. . Melbourne, September 18. Stevenson', the bilHarclist, is a passenger by the Uliniaroa. SOLOMON ISLANDS MURDER. •_ Sydney, September 18. A member of the Evangelical Mission, who has returned from the Sobmon Islands, states that, the recent murder of Mission’©!' Daniels at Mfibula was not the outcome- of intorfer- . ence with the native customs but because he, a -European, had ,a price placed on the heads of whites, every native being, paid for killing thorn. MEDALLIST. The “Telegraph” says that after Medallist’s striking display on Saturday there is reason to suppose that the public will hear no more, of her. She is an unlikely Epsom starter. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. v Melbourne, September 18. ; Vessels trading between .New Zealand and, Australia, excepting passenger, boats, have been exempted from the provisions of the Quarantine Act provided that -they are not from a proclaimed port. This was done ' to enable trading vessels to make Australian ports the first port of call. HOSPITAL MYSTERY. ' Melbourne, September 18. Two female employees of Dr Peacock, gave- evidence ' that they saw Davies in the hospital. Dr Peacock arranged for both to take a holiday prior to the-girl’s disappearance. He warned one .not to mention anything about the place. : i