AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12019, 21 August 1907, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

S£r ; Perth, August 20. f£The King^has forwarded the Albert Medal for to Diver Hughes, for rescuing the man Vareschetfci from the flooded mine some time ago.f^ :*®a££; - ™»$^ P^sw Melbourne, August. 2o. ; The total production of land, indstries, mining, and the manufactures in Victoria last year was £36,549,000, an increase of over 2C perfcentum over 1003. The Lord*Mayor,;.by*"request, has called a rneer.ing to* protest against the increase in Federal members' salaries. jZZZ^Sydney, August 20. The|President of the Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, has forwarded a protest to Sir Win. Lyne against the increase in the Federal members' salaries without consulting the people. cgpsj a destructive tire in Sussex street gutted the large stores of Turner and Co. , general warehousemen; Dudley, twnt-maker; and Murray, printer: and damaged John Kemp and Sons' iron stores. The damage is very extensive. No estimate is made as .^ ..Brisbane, August 20. |"At the inquiry into the ArawattaIngleborg collision, Mr McDermid, second mate of the Arawatta, who was in charge of the steamer at the time of the disaster, deposed that the Ingleborg had come up suddenly like a cloud in front of the steamer. There^was nothing to indicate hei approach. Ue saw no lights til] after the collision. ». He had a wideawake iopk-out keeping a sharj watch. There was no probabilitj that piiore lives would have beer saved if the vessels had kept togethei a liltle longer. Sveral members o\ the |Arawatta's crew gavej^sinailai evidence.