AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8169, 27 June 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FLOODS IN TASMANIA. Reoeived June 26, 10.45 a.m. HOBART, Juno 2 . ' Reports of flooda come from all over the island, but no disasters have resulted. An extensive landslip, extending for three miles, has blocked the Mount Lyell railway. ' ' STRIKE AT NEWCASTLE (JOLLIERIES. Rejeived June 26, 10.6 a.m. SYDNEY, June 26. , The strike of boys in £the Newcastle oollieries is spreading. The Hutton mine is idle, while notice has been given in the Lambton and Newcastle pits. y THE ENGLISH MAIL OON TRACT. Received June 26,' 10.22 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 26. Hon. A. ! Deakin, Federal Premier, is still making a mystery over the English mail contract. Various efforts to him have failed. THE ZIONISTS. STARTLING DISCLOSURES. Received June 26, 10.45 a.m. j [MELBOURNE, June 26. Elder MoOullagh has reoeived a letter from Mr Voliva, Dowie's successor, in which he says:—Following are some of the things 1 have discovered during the first two or three weeks of my administration: That Zion's total liabilities were six miilijn dollars (£1,200,000); that the interest bill amounts to 1,271 dollars (over £250) a day; that there is 300,000 dollars (£60,000) in interests and dividends unpaid; that there are outstanding notes against Dowie to the extent of 300,000 dollars (£60,000); that he

(Dowie)] had overdrawn his personal acoount to the amount of 540,000 dollars over (£100,000); that the institutional bank acoount had beeu overdrawn by 114,000 dollars (over £20,000); that notwithstanding tnat the income of the ohurob was 1,000 dollars (£200) a day, he had overdrawn the church account with the bank acooant to the extent of 200,000 dollars (£40,000); Mrs Dowie had paid 9,000 dollars (£1,800) for one bracelet; their annual household expenses were 50,000 dollars (£10,000); they had been squandering people's money during the past three years, Dowie bad also been indisoieet m his associations with women, and apparently had been preparing the way for polygamy. ORDERS PROM I'BJE EAST. ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS SELECTED. Received June SYDNEY 1 , June 26. The Premier, Mr Oarrutbers, states that the Government has been empowered to select eight or ten engineers and surveyors for a large engineering work in the East, the salaries ranging up to £I,OOO a year. The name of the country id not disclosed. The Premier also announced that an order was likely to be placed for at least half a millioa pounds worth of material for the East to be manufactured in the State. "It will, adds Mr Oarrutbers, "probably be one of the most important we have ever received • and will tend to greatly improve our trade in the East."

THE NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION. REPRESENTATION OF THE UOMMONWEALTH. Received June 26, 10.22 a.m. MELBOURNE, Jane 1 26. Mr Deakin, the Federal Premier, will probably make an announcement in a day or two in reference to the representation of the Commonwealth at the New Zealand Exhibition. BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE. Received June 26, 10.22 a.m. SYDNEY, June 26. Dr Stretob has been enthroned aa Bishop of Newcastle. The ceremonial was an impressive one. HIGH PRICE FOR A EWE.

A WORLD'S RECORD. Received Jvne 26, 13.22 a.m. SYDNEY, June 26. The sum of 41 guineas wag paid at the sheep sales by Mr Seth South, of New Zealand, ' for a yearling Shropshire ewe from Mr Mansell's Tasmnnian flock. The pcioe ie said to be » world's record for a yearling ewe. THE CRICKET DEADLOCK, Received June 26, 10.22 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 26. The Trustees of the Melbourne Ori'jket Ground have granted dates to the Victorian Assuoiaton for certain interstate matches, and have made a tentative promise in regard to dates for matches with an English team. All this baa been done without consulting the Melbourne Crioket Club. Some of the trustees, however, allege that they were not consulted, and that the matter introduces a new conflicting element into the cricket dispute.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. Received Jane 27, 12 15a.m. ADELAIDE, June 26. The offioial statistics show the last harvest to have totalled 20,143,000 bushels. The general average was 11% bushels per aore, and the money value £3,500,000. THE 3 LABOUR PARTY. VOTE OP OBNSUKE ON THE Received June 27, 12.15 a.m. SYDNEY, Juno 26. The Labour Party intend to move a vote of censure nn the Government for the delay in dealing with the reports of the Lands Com mission and the Railway Commission. THE GALE IN THE TASMAN SEA. • A TERRIFIC WIND. , BLOWING SIXTY MILES AN HOUR. Received June 27, 12.15 a.m. SYDNEY, June 26. The centre ot the Antarctic disturbance is at presout south of Tasmania. The barometer is down to 28.94. The wind is blowing at a force of sixty miles an hour. The storm will probably abate within twenty-four hours. Much delay has been caused to the southern telegraphio traffic.