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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12476, 1 March 1909, Page 3

AOBTRALIM •.; ♦ — [Pkess Association— Copyright.] NEW SOOTH WALES TELEPHONE .SERVICE. Sydney, Feb 27. Owing to a loss on the telephone service the 'Government has decided to charge a rental of from £3 to j£4 annually, and . a fixed charge ver call. The latter has not been decicJed, but a charge of a halfpenny is suggested. SERIOUS LOSS BY FIRE. Adelaide, Feb 27. Mount Breckan, a beautiful private mansion at Port Victoria, was destroyed by fire. The damage amounted to £25,000. HOME MADE DESTROYERS. '\ Sydney, Feb 27. The State Government has informed the Prime Minister of its willingness to construct^ destroyers at the Government dockyard. DEPRESSION AT NEWCASTLE. -..•.. ■ . Sydney, Feb 27. _The depression in the Newcastle district is so .acute that many miners are on the verge of starvation. FRAUDULENT DESCRIPTION OF .GOODS. , •- (Received March 1, 1.8 a.m.) ■ 'Sydney, Feb -28. ■ The New Zealand .Government Agency is investigating several cases where goods alleged to be of New Zealand origin were offered for sale. In-one instance New Zealand flannel goods were displayed which turned out not to be flannel at all, but mere shoddy> '"- " ' •'•'•• ; - ' "'':'' ': "• THE SYDNEY HOTEL TRAGEDY :■'.-.. . ' ; ' Sydney, Feb 27._ Wheeler is; dead.' He arid the girl Vennis were fellow passengers from England a few months ago. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. - _ — - ♦ [United Pkess Association.] A YOUNG MAN DROWNED. V •-•'.'•'■-• Auckland, Feb 28. James Butle"r, a single man, aged 23 years, was drowned at Devonport shortly before one o'clock yesterday. Butler, who . was employed* by the Devonport Borough Council, arrived home shortly after midday and went out immediately for a bathe on the beach: \: At about five minutes to one o'clock,- two men named Clifford CarTyer!and' H. E. C. ■ Cooper," who werebathing , near by, saw the deceased coming- ashore, calling out as- he* did so. vThey swam out towards him, but he sank before they could reach him. Some ten niinutes elapsed before the body was recovered. Dr. Aitkinson endeavoured to induce artificial respiration for about forty minutes but without, success. Deceased was a son of the manager b£ the Central mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales. • TRAIN FATALITY. RESULT OF SKYLARKING.; :'■'■"-'. .C hristchurch,. Feb 28. James . Moran, aged 23, single, . a painter, died in the Hospital this morning, the result of injuries by falling off the. Little River train on Saturday evening. Deceased, attended the Kaiapoi Wollen Company's picnic and during the return journey he was skylarking in the carriages and. annoying the girls, by blackening their faces. The guard put him out of the carriage and locked - both doors. Deceased then clambered on the roof of the carriage and walked along to the other endj and then, back again. When attempting to sit ; down. his foot ■" slipped, and he. was thrown violently to the ground clear of the train. He was taken to the" hospital in a semi-con-scious state. He had two large wounds on the scalp; a depressed fracture of the skull, and also his lungs were injured. A COACH ACCIDENT. ■ . • Grejonouth, Feb. 28. The Otira express train was delayed an hour on Saturday evening owing to a coach capsizing in the Bealey cutting.' Fortunately no one was injured, •■.:.. THE- WELLINGTON FATALITY. - Wellington, Feb. 27. At the inquest on the body of Mr John Wakelin, who died as the result of .a fall from a tram car, a verdict was returned thdt the cause of death was concussion of the brain, brought about by "deceased falling on woodblocks, through stepping off a.car. No blame was attachable to anyone. ■■ ' i VALUABLEJJARGO. [United Press Association.]. ; - .. " Auckland, Feb. 27. The Shaw, Savill and Albian Company's steamer Pakeha, which left for Londoh^esterday, took a; way a large and valuable cargo -from the 'Dominion. The freight offering at Auckland was more 'than^ the ' steamer could accommodate;, and -■- in • consequence a large quantity of .cargo , was shut out. Included in her freight from this port were seven boxes of gold, valued at £27,100, shipped by the Waihi Galdmining Company, and ten bars of bullion, valued at £7800/ shipped hy the National Bank. of New Zealand. UND^BWRiTERS' CONFERENCE. INCREASED INSURANCE RATES. [United Press Association.] ... "Wellington, Feb. 27. ■ The Council of Fire Underwriters' Association has concluded its sittings. It is well known cays the ."Evening Post," that much of the time of the conference was taken up in the question of raising the rates, and a scheme to that effect was drafted. It appears; however, that there was no absolutetinahimity of opinion on the '-subject, and until : the •proposals outlined have received ; consideration by several of the -companies interested, no definite statement on the subject can be made. That an increase of rates will be made is generally regarded as a certainty ; as to details of increases, or when they will com o into force, even the insurance people are in doubt. BAND CONTEST. ■ — * — ~- lUnited Pkess Assooiation.] ' v'w- ■": ' : ;'" :^Hastings, :Feb* 27.. _ \- The attendance at the racecourse la'stiiiight, when the final test piece was'-played, .exceeded that at the first test; the gates respectively being £112 and £115. " v The- "arrangemehts woreperfect, a powerful flare arc lamp l>riliiantly : - illuminating ■" the whole seene ._ The final test selections -were thd. bands' own choice, and the judge :comnumded the work . done! The '-gradd aggregates are as follows: — A; Grade: Wanganui, 416 points,- first prized. ;£IOO, iwehty-five ;sirvGfi-'ian'd" gbl"d ; ijnedals and, the; 'Besscai Mv&yfn, 391 l-sth, second, £45;. Ealmerslon, 372 l-sth, third, £20. ," "' ••B«Grade: Petone, 362. 1-sth- ; points,'. firstf£3o and- the Boosey ... Shield ; Hastings, 348 3-sths, ' second, £10 ; Gisborne, 345, third, £5. The: prizes, wefe;;presented by the Mayoress last night., .-The receipts .from all sources' reached^69Q,a >':-■; ; ,.-o*.\ „-■'; '.•".■'■ .;. A SILENf ENEf\Y Is now arrjoogst us in tlj^ srjap? of tlje epicl^rrjic — Ipf luenza. TT)« ;. best^ ar}4 rpost r«lial>l« prcveotiv?' *o*" : cure is Wolfe's iScijoappSi taker? Ijot vitb slice of lenjob.