AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIX, Issue 11824, 3 January 1907, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

i Sydney, January 2 During a thunderstorm at Mahonga a man named Hopkins was killed by lightning. His . companion, named Dennis, was seriously injured At Lewi a girl was killed by light- * ning. Melbourne, January 2 i The master builders are making arrangements tc^ resume work, tomorrow. Only those hien willing to work 48 hours a week will be engaged. The enforcement of the provision of the Gaming Act prohibiting the making of wagers between bookmakers and women was responsible for some comical incidents at the Flemington races. Many feminine nunt9rs, however, managed to get round the law by betting through male friends;