AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 319, 3 January 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BOBBING A CHUBCH. [by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT.] (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received January 2, 10.52 p.ru. Sydney, January 3. Burglars entered the Catholic Church at Lewisham, and blew open the safe, securing a silver chalice cup valued at £3O. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. (Received January 8, 9.38 a.m.) Sydney, January 3. Towns and Durnan have signed articles to row for the championship on March 2nd. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. Sydney, January 3Cabinet will to-day consider the appointment of Railway Commissioners. BUSH HIRES. Sydney, January 3. Bush fires in the Wagga Wagga district have destroyed big areas of grass and quantities of bagged and standing wheat. STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADE. Adelaide, January 3. A strike has occurred in the building trade, employers refusing the men’s demands for an increase of a shilling a day. The Government works are unaffected. INFERIOR FOOD STUFS. Perth, January 2. The Public Analyst reports that large quantities of foods examined last year were bad or inferior, and declares that Westralia is made a dumping ground for bad butter from the Eastern States.