AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
f THE LATE MR SEDDON.
VICTORIAN PREMIER'S TRIBUTE.
Received June 25, 10.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 25.
Mr Bent, the State Premier, paid a public tribute to the Jate Mr Seddon. in the course of his speeuh he said:—-"A few days ago we had In our midst that great, large, bluff Briton and Imperialist, Mr Seddon. He has gone to 'God's own country.' He had the patriotism of Bismarck with a sharper coneoienoe, the aspirations of the late Oeoil Rhodes, with the faculty o£ realising his ideals. He vied with the late Mr Gladstone in statecraft, and won the praise of the world. When the life of Richard Seddon is written, the British will be given an enduring monument."
PLAGUE. Reoeived June 25, 11.38 p.m. SYDNEY, June 25. Two oases of plague—a husband and wife—have occurred at Glebe.
A VIOLENT GALE PREDICTED. Received June 25, 11.38 p.m. SYDNEY, June 25. A violent westerly gale is predicted from the Taaman Sea aoross to the West (Joast of New Zealand. The disturbance affects the Australian Bight to-day, and Bass Straits to-morrow; thence across to New Zealand.
THE LANDS SCANDAL. Received June 25,11.38 p.m. SYDNEY, Jane 25. " Mr W. P. Crick has issued a writ against Justioe Owen claiming £5,000 for the refusal of the Judge to supply him with a copy of the report made by the aacountant appointed to investigate Mr Crick's banking account.
GOVERNORSHIP OP NEW GUINEA. . Received June 25, 8.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 25. The Federal Premier (Mr Deakin) deriies that he is negotiating with Sir William MacGregor regarding the Governorship of New Guinea. He has consulted with him on matters concerning New Guinea, because Sir William is regarded as the best authority. SUSPECTED MURDER. Reoeived June 25, 8.30 a.m. }POiIT DARWIN, June 25. The charred remains of two bodies Lave been found near Pine Creek. The natives report that two blaoks were shot by Europeans, and their bodies burnt. Two men named Nolan and Turner have been arrested on suspicion.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8168, 26 June 1906, Page 5
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