AUSTRALIAN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12601, 5 September 1910, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN.

v United Press Association.—Copyright;) SYDNEY, September 3. Ernest James, supposed to be a New Zealander, was killed at a Gilgindra sawmill. A log rolled on him.

Mr Minahan, President of the Political Labour League, predicts a brilliant Labour victory. He says they will win over sixty seats at the State Elections.

The Chamber of Commerce has forAvarded a protest against the land tax to Mr Fisher.

Early this morning the Island steamer Makambo, when departing, suddenly assumed an alarming list to starboard. The rail was level with the water ,and she returned to the wharf. The passengers were ordered off, and the cargo unloaded.

MELBOURNE, September 3. At the Show Sunshine jumped Gft lOin.j a record for the ground.

PERTH, September 3. A remarkable case of mistaken identity, a counterpart of the English Adolph Beck case, is reported, the surname of the victim being the same. On August 1 Edwin Beck Avas sentenced to- three months on a charge of uttering a cheque. He AA'as able to prove that he AA ras not the man wanted, ana AA'as liberated. Almost immediately he AA'as re-arrested on a different charge of uttering. But it Avas shown that the second alleged offence happened AA'hile he AA'as 'in gaol. He is proceeding against the informant.

ADELAIDE, September 3

A tram collided with a trolley. The driver of the latter Avas killed, and the motorman is not expected to recover. MELBOURNE, September 3. The Alexandra, mail coach, while crossing the Goulburu River, was: SAvept aAA'ay, and the horses, mails, and coach were lost. The *'driver had a narrow escape.

The Hon. W. M. Hughes states that mutual life insurance companies will be exempt under the Land Tax Act. SYDNEY, .September 3.

The diphtheria epidemic is continuing. During August there AA'ere 323 cases. .

Tho continued dry conditions are causing apprehension regarding spring prospects. The Saturday Half-Holiday Act operates on October 22, most employers agreeing to pay earlier in the AAreek. BRISBANE, September 2.

A rich discovery of wolfram is reported from Dingo Mountain, and a, rush has set in.