AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8462, 12 June 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

HEAVY DAMAGES. Received June 11, 11.11 p.m. SYDNEY, June 11. Christina Clark, ex-General Secretary of the New South Wale 3 Temperance Alliance, sued William Winn, a member of the Alliance, for £I,OOO damages for a statement which he made reflecting on her moral character. The jury awarded £650 damages. VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE. Received June 11, 10.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 11. A special meeting of the Federal Cabinet considered a cablegram from Mr Deakin, Prime Minister, regarding mail matters. Sir John Forrest gave no information beyond stating that the Government was now in a position to negotiate finally for an extension of the Vancouver service. He hoped to make a statement on the subject shortly. A NARROW ESCAPE. Received June 11, 10.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 11. The steel barque Eagle Crag, 1,450 tons gross, on her voyage from Liverpool, narrowly escaped destruction by fire, which was started by a lamp being upset in the sail locker on April 13th. The fire spread with alarming rapidity, but holes were cut in the deck and the water poured in finally extinguished the flames. THE MELBOURNE MURDER. * Received June 11, 10.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 11. After Mr Bauer was murdered in his office in Collins Street, Mr Cutler, a jeweller of Little Collins Street, informed the police that a few days ago a man called at his shop and enquired as to Mr Bauer's address. Mr Cutler's descripiton of the man corresponded with that of a wellknown Victorian criminal. Suspicion points to the probability that the fugitive has gone to Sydney. This idea fits in with a story that a man was seen to leave the building in a violent hurry a few minutes after 5 p.m. It is said that he hailed a cab, and told the driver to drive fast to the Spencer Street railway station. The Sydney express left at 5.5 p.m.