AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 253, 26 October 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PBB PBEHS ASSOCIATION.] I Adelaide, October 25. In April lash tha barge Gwyder, in tow, foundered, and three men were 1 drowned. In the Assembly several Labour members vehemently attacked; the Government for not holding an in-! dependent inquiry into the loss of the' barge. They asserted that the owner I was a member of the Marine Board, i and had not conformed to the law. \ One member stated that the birge was 1 utterly unseaworthy, and that the men i were morally murdered. Tbe Premier I premised to ftite next week whether' be would take criminal proceedings against the master of the tug or tbe owner cf the barge. | Received 25, 10.53 p m. [ Sydney, October 25. According to Admiral Beaumont: j Australians are not yot a seafaring peoplp. There was no difficulty in the way of young Australians entering the Navy, but applications were very few, possibly because Australians saw their way to more profitable careers. It did not come natural to natives of a warm climate to follow the sea ; but the sealoving spirit of the English speaking people might assert itself later. The Rifle Championship resulted in a tie between Lake (South Australia) and Carter (Victoria), with a 6core of 258. In the shoot-off Carter won by 13 points to 11 W. Ballingpr, of Wellington, with 231, won £2, and also £1 in the Membprs' Match. Melbourne, October 25. The censure debate was adjourned till Tuesday. The division will probably not be taken before Wednesday. Received !'5, H p.m. Sydney, October 25. The pub'ic were recently horrified at an outrage on a young child, perpetrated nt Glebe. The hffkir biffled the police. A similar case has occured at Queanbeyan, where a man named Campbell has ben arrested. He is believed to be identical with the man wanted in Sydney.