AUSTRALIAN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13334, 10 July 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

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cold witherSYDNEY, July 9Intensely cold weather prevails in the. country/ The temperature hr.'faito aa low as lldeg. ... -.--. . „„. ' THE ENMORE TRAGEDI. - Mrs Macnamara's residence adjoined the. biscuit ■ factory. Her brother-in-law, a man named Baxter, employed as a, watchman at the factory, has. been arrested. Two of the missing brooches and Wood stains were found on his person. Baxter confessed'-;-to .entering' the 1 -premises, and_ is preparing a written confession dealing with the murder. ,^-r.-r;-r,T»Tr A 1 CONFESSION OE ROBBERY. The Temperance Hall safe robbery of June 12tb has ])s.en. cleared- up by the confession' of Watson.; a trustee, that• he,, by the. aid of a duplicate. key, robbed the safe-. _ W OBJECTIONABLE, VISITOR. MELBOURNE, July 9. Waldemar Sax, who hails from Siberia, in addressing a .socialistic, meeting characterised the Governor-General as a thief, murderer and loafer. The detectives, police officials ami other officials in authority he also condemned as loafers. He declared that he came from Russia to help the people. ■of Australia. For a verbal outburst he elected 1 to go to gaol instead of paying t'heolintT impossd. MR DEAIUN'S ILLNESS. Mr Deakin is suffering from nervous prostration, clue to overwork in England. He- has- been ordered complete rest. 'A trues has been arranged with the Opposition mid Mr Watson, will take no hostile action against, the Government during Mr Deakhrs absence. . THE MAIL CONTRACT. The Victorian Government sta\es that the. hew conditions for the mail contract, arc not satisfactory to the producing ihteivsls. ■■'••■' , DELEGATE FROM FIJI. The; Hon. A. Mahaffy. Colonial" fet-re-[arv of-Fiji, lias arrived here with a view in'"securing' a reduction in the duty on Fijian' produce, notably bananas. THE MAHINAPUA SAFE. HOBART, July 9. Tha Mahhuipuu is safe. She is- ylu-lier-ing at Fort Davey.