AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 39, 30 September 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FIXING A RAILWAY GUAGE. Melbourne, September 29. The Federal Government' has fixed the .guage for the K.‘Jgooivi .1-,;. Augusta, railway at Ift Q’.'a. SECRETARY OF FEDERAL CP -, ... POSITION. / ‘ ' - ' ■ ‘ ’’ Melbourne, SrphcmVr 29. . •A secretary for the Federal Opposition Party has boon appointed at a salary of £4OO per anmun. I INCREASE OF SALARY DECLINED. Melbourne, September 29. A return shows that fourteen members declined to accept an increase in salary voted a couple of years ago. WRECK OF A KETCH. Thursday Island, Sep. 29. The ketch Gertrude has been wrecked. Valuable mails were aboard. MADAME MELBA. (Received 30, 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, September 30. Madame, Melba is making a good recovery, and expects to be able to sing early next week. v THE CAMBRIAN. Fremantle ,September 30. The warship Cambrian has returned from Colombo with the newly-com-missioned crew. NEWS FROM CHINA. Fremantle, September 30. Hong Kong files state that thirty revolutionaries were decapitated in connection with the recent troubles. Many others have been arrested. Numbers of cases of piracy on the Chinese coast are reported. STEAMER ASHORE.

(Received 80, 12.5 p.m.) Melbourne,'-September 80. The coastal steamer 'Despatch was driven ashore at the Lake's entrance, and is breaking up. The crew was rescued.