AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

West Coast Times, 22 June 1912, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VARIOUS GABLED ITEMS. rELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION . J WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. SYDNEY, Juno 21.—The pennant of the Hills wireless station has- been completed. The contract stipulated for a day range of 1,200 miles, hut tests accomplished 3,000 miles. It is considered that it will bo able to communicate at night with ’Frisco. UNSIGNED ARTICLE. MELBOURNE, Juno 21—The Argus is to be charged with publishing an unsigned article commenting on the candidates at the Wcrriwa election and the political parties. GRAYING DOCK RUINED. PERTH, June 21.—A graving deck under construction for three years

and which has cost £200,000 is doomed to failure owing to piercing a cave and the water surging up in large volumes. Attempts to fill it have failed. A NEEDFUL PRECAUTION. ' SYDNEY, June 21—As the outcome of a motor recently smashing in to cadets at Randwick the front and the rear ranks of cadets and other fuces at night parados will bo provided with lantern.

AIT. LYELL RETURNS. AIELBOURNE, Juno 21—The Alt. Lycll returns from Alay 16th to Juno 16th inclusive, arc as follows: 22,970 tens of ore were treated and aLo 43 ton* purchased. The oro converters produced 407 tons of copper, 33,11G0zs of silver and 680ozs of gold. The low output is due to the continued scarcity of labour.