AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144297, 12 January 1914, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

EEATH OF A PASTORALIST. ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPTRIGHT. SYDNEY. Jan. 11. W. E. White., of Belltrees station, a prominent pastora’ist, breeder, and owner of racing stock, died after an operation. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. (Received Jan. Id. 9.20 a.ra.) SYDNEY, Jan. 12. As a result of the intense heat. Mr. Kershaw, a Justice cf the Peace at Milparihka, was ill. Fresh water was needed, and his daughter rode twenty miles to procure it. She had almost reached home when she was struck down by sunstroke and died. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. (Received Jan. 12, 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 12. Fire wiped out one side of the main street of Ganmuin, destroying eight business premises. A LYNE MEMORIAL. (Received Jan. -12, 9,20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 12. The Sir AA'illiam Lyne Memorial .Committee has decided to place a marble bust of the late statesman in the Federal Parliament House. MOTOR RELIABILITY TESTS. (Received Jan, 12, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 12. Twenty-five competitors completed the return pour, lot from Melbourne to Sydney in the motor reliability test race. THE AUSTRALIAN DINGO. (Received Jan. 12, 9.-10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 11. Mr. Lo Soeuf, director of the Zoological Gardens, states that the pure .'strain of Australian dingo no longer exists. Probably a distant strain of sheep-dog runs through the dingoes even in the few remaining unexplored corners of the continent. HEAT AY AYE BROKEN. I Received Jan. 12, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY. Jan. 12. After ranging over the nineties for several days the heat wave in Dio city is broken and steady rain has fallen. TASMANIAN PRINTERS' STRIKE. (Received Jan. 12, 9.40 a.m.) HOBART, Jan. 12. Tho printers’ strike is still unsettled, but the papers continue to publish small issues. TAS MA NI AN BY-ELECTION. (Received Jan. 12. 0.40 a.in.) HOBART, Jan. 12. The Labour Parley won tho by-elec-tion for the DanisOn seat in the Assembly from the Liberals. This gives each party fifteen seats. An early general election is inevitable.