AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
CHINESE GAMBLING DEN
RAIDED.
TWENTY-TWO ARRESTS : MADE
Received June 24, 4.20 p.m. SYDNEY, June 24,
The police raided a Chinese gambling shop, which was guarded entaDijlomenta and electric bells. Twenty-two airests were made, including nineteen Europeans. " A TRAM COLLISION. SIX PASSENGERS INJURED. Received June 24, 4.27 p.m. SYDNEY, June 24. A runaway tram collided with another tram in Yountr Street". Both were laden with passengers. Six passengers wore injured, four of whom received rather serious wounds. BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALASIA. WON BY MEMMOTT. Received June 24, 4.30 p.m. SYDNEY, June 24. Ia the billiard championship of Australasia for £IOO aside, 18,000 up, Memmott ran out when Smith had scored 15,464. THE COLLISION IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. SYDNEY, June 23. The steamer Waruug was alongside of the Guthrie assisting the latter to berth. The steamer's an-jhor oaught the tug and overturned it. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. PERTH, June 23. A jookey named Perry has been found guilty uf manslaughter of another jookey named Windsor, at the Bulong races, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The indictment alleged that Perry deliberately bored Windsor's horse and caused him to fall, injuring Windsor fatally.
LABOUR MEMBER CENSURED. PERTH; June 23. The Labour Party has censured Mr A. Wilson, a Labour member, for accepting £SO from a limited combine in ooDueotion with bis visit to the Eastern States to enquire into the timber trade. GOOD RAINS. f SYDNEY, June 23. Good rains are falling throughout the Commonwealth. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. MELBOURNE, Jane 23. Mr Bamford has given notioe of bis intention to move in ttap Federal Parliament a motion favouring tbe nationalisation of the sugar industry. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OP NEW GUINEA. MELBOURNE, June 23. Tbe Federal Government is negotiating for the servioes of Sir Wlliam MaoGregor, at present Governor of Newfoundland, as LieutenantGovernor of New Guinea. THE STEAMER NORFOLK. I A ROUGH PASSAGE. LONG JOURNEY UNDER SAIL. PERTH, June 23. The steamer Norfolk, which dropped her propeller on tbe voyage from Capetown, left Durban on May 28th. She encountered very rough weather, and on June 10th tbe engines began to race, it was then ascertained that her propeller ha.l broken off, and every available bit of sail was set. The vessel was gut under control, but became unmanageable in a gale on the 12th, and was lurching dangerously. Her foresail was blown away, and oil was used to calm the seas, and a new mainsail was set, but owing to the heavy weather the steamer refused to answer her helm. The difficulty was overcome by pumping out the tanks in the forepart and filling those at the other end. On June 15th and 16th gales, which threatened the flimsy makeshift sails, were encountered, and the crew set to work putting bands on to strengthen the oanvas, while others oonßtructed two large sea anobors in case tbe steamer was blown in shore and every precaution was taken to meet the contingencies. On the following Tuesday night a fierce, squall came up, and the vessel was pnt dead before the wind. She bowled along splendidly until Thursday, when the mainsail was carried away. By joining the hatoh coverings with odd pieces of oanvas the vessel was again got under way, and with a liberal assistance of oil the steamer managed to reaoh the vioinity of Fremantle. Distress signals were hoisted and tugs oame to ber assistance. During tbe voyage a seaman named Obrlstensen fell from aloft and was killed. FATAL CASE OF PLAGUE. Received June 25, 12.56 a.m. SYDNEY, June 24. A fatal oaße of plague poourred at | North Sydney. The victim worked at Balmain.
CABLE NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright,
A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
MASKED MEN STAB AND ROB
A STOREKEEPER.
BIND AND GAG HIM. THEN SET FIRE 10 THE SHOP. ONLY RESCUED FROM THE FLAMES IN TIME. Received June 25, 12,56 a.m. SYDNEY, June 24. A dastardly outrage is reported from Molong. Three masked men entered a shop belonging to a man named Domeney, who lived on the premises. The men stabbed Domeney in the throat and foreheai. He pleaded for his life, and told them where to find money. They bound and gagged him and took £35. Shortly after their departure the shop was discovered to be in flames. Domeney was only rescued in time. The adjoining premises were completely destroyed, as well as Domeney's shop. THE LICENSING B1LL; Received June 25, 12.56 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 24. The Licensing Bill, whioh is to be introdaoed during the forthcoming session of the State Parliament contains one hundred clauses. License fees are to be increased for compen salion purposes. When hotels are olosed in a district the remainder «re to pay sufficient fees to make up the compensation. The looal option vote will be taken triennially, but cannot be used to reduce the statutory number during the ten years. At the expiration of that period there will be complete local option without compensation. Olubs cannot sell drink while hotels are closed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19060625.2.15.14
Bibliographic details
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8166, 25 June 1906, Page 5
Word Count
822AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8166, 25 June 1906, Page 5
Using This Item
National Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of National Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.