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MNEWS OP TlHE )AY
The' Speaker of the WTast Australian
AspoCmbly Intends to'discardlthb custom
arr n istv :·v hod of the -oti's HarbObr
Dellftlo . rallway will beo turned on Ittoh
Bth. Inbtant, . .
iA New South Wals'elight-oor crew Is
te'bole Seht to' Stookholm to conipote at
thoencxt Olympload, ......
MIr,: Johu Oardlnudr, 'a very old rsr-l
dent nof'Aborlae6t, :diedt this' week, ?ter
tndergolng an operation for.hydatlds.
At the Central' Police :Court, Sydney,,
Jimes Proberi-(50) woas ,onteiPtce to
si inmotllha' imprieonnont for I sto:leitn
,flowcrs from' Hydo .Park. .' ':., D '
l'he New South Wales: Trades eid'
Lobolfr CounMtl; by.a largo majiblty. a.p
,royed of the Uovortonmlt.'ot ttittnle i'n
roloridio to'. t.ho indohtirlial' dlsptie. r
Cblotel Vorno:l has boon instrutetd to
prinos.platuts fnr.'tlhat: Dr;-Bcott:Mamdoril
Hospital, costleg £6000, to bo orected ?t
tBoonoe. oil t'i site ofl~ I' dares, given by
'Mr;:WVlllamt Bakewoll, ofr OClifton Gafrone
Tilho,, iw..Prosbytebrlut. Chtircli :'prootod
at'Sotodne, at a cost of .82600, to' soat
0, piersons, was opened by Mrs, J, K,
1'linitg, Tito sermon o s opreached by,
jtiol J}d'iatoe t 'Rtv,'i fl oleorft NIayj. ."The
collention totalled .£43.
Itl has.beon- ascortainoed by 'Mlr,! J, ,
Co?ekran, of oBeaufort (Vieo,), by whom lth
winitng ticket Int the Sydney ilgintInou,
'art'union was sold at Doeaulort, that.th?o
Ifortunato pulohator is Mre? WilliamJohn
eon; au,.Raglqn blaltsmith, ,
Arthur oyto, twho sustained injuries It
hitloald by faIllln off .aomo staging i
Ballarat;.han not yet regatined conoslonae
nosgp,: The accidenthappened :17 days ago,
The lontorp' regard the caneo as one of the
most,?remarkable ovdr tranted'at the Bal
lart, tloiplal,
iThe, Nowv Zealand Shiipowaoro' Fedora.
tos nywiJqaot noncedo the domauds oft?th'
miteroa Ini the coastail shipping dispunte
in tha.Domion, The MoriohatulS Borvica
Guild. reofused to resume work, .and'the
GCoealliation. Commissionor. is trying to.
efsat, settlement. .
SMr,,rA,..Frasor, aooulantat darius the
peast 8U years at the Singleton, branoh
ao.the Australlan Bank of, Commerrco,
bpa h ero t e transtorred s to the Wikhqihm
ibranch li;l was farowalled by thed bro
lhrcn of the rinlotton' Mansonlo Lodge,.
and presented with a travollng bag,
SMr. Jtmes Lnnoi:, one blt the' boat
Inowe',nud most roopoetord residents; of
'tL?ol Jplgool:dsltrliat,. dlqd ol Tuoiday,
agedO,l0 He had renided noear Caslll for
aver40 ye?l,.u. .Doceased' was a brooder of
1,hebp cattle, nd' hbrono, aid'a memhner.
'oatthq'MorrIWa Pisltaoruo Protct?o n Board,
i' T ,'Voeat' Auastralal n lhintr' taro
Arlolleturo :intund' to a rlnnta' tour or
tha.drl1aeit-atrickon.,ea?tvril agridultuhalt
'aro,' whore the crops havo failed, in
'rdear"to 'dabonido what assistance, other
'thlii. thata whliah has already boon iglve,
*hlpuldebo extended to the poploa 'settlOd,
thre:r"
,Wilber Lowrlo Ohapmant, the two-yoar·
old' sn 'of William Solomon Ohapman,
granlor, of Wododvill (8,A.), was.playlng
ln' the pard when a driver in (110 :omploy
of .l Ins ather left: it horseo lnd .cart,on
attended, 'The horse moved noff, and the
vahiclo paasos,o oer tho chld'tl choat, kill
ig.him, ,
A1ot'hersorlis of teasts has boon otte
by 'Mir'II;"l'W,'iRamoay Shenrit, 'who e.;has
bcn invostlghlinsti thle worltia of ,tho
'MIlbollrno telophouo. ayillt;i,. Mr. B 'Sharp.
anys-'JUlfortuntteoly . ', my, nxportlondoe ,
twlr o.at many'" trllbnorlbm'1r' baomptll'its,
that male toldhalonis n.roa. not noa .otton
ont or lttotilve o a til Pnnlto ,elophotilstp''
J'i ilrthae Wai.AttditrlItie A'rittritloa
t:qurt, the inrmonl ad In.alllrln ' t'itit.
tIlon, dtan111tlldll ?le li? .rool foar ~'tvoly
dralunl 11vet III am1ployed 11 flho anlt ist
Iliol°, On;( ilithfdrod toir " ibaldlot !!n Ito
i,'ll'othlt''l 0c dill ntytoyn t itpo; -'iThe, {Iri
othlat r"tIhe iptaei ta idld ' I'iilitit ao to
pl?ners aolfr 1t11e hlal'tlin lls tin a' .n11 t't
hnrnllto l idr ' wVooa, lll lineard (ll.d.
rtillldloac, T'he utnion contlpricA ioln llein
bhla;o' whom 'It are bllrelorld?l, ?
When John Raitldin apptnlorled. I nto
Coenrt of Goneral iosalont at ilnolioge
(Vic,), agaolnst a osntonce onf sixnlothyl'
impriosnment recorded against him on a
charge of having bought gold without a
license, Judge Eaglsoon indlcated that
he thought :- ;. instead of being reduced,
the 'entenc.. '.ould Be increased, liven
tually he allowed thu term to sltanud.
Other appeals were promptly withdrawn,
William ''Grlfilh (30),. who ~feleon 'at'
Windnor, near Melbourne, went to his
rother's hb.droom, and toked her I sho
wanted to go to ficaven. Mrs, Grlilln
reoplied "No," and; becominlg terrilled,
rushed into the passage. It Is allcgeQ that
GrtiTin then fired a revolver' at ncr, 'not
the -shot missed her.-H-i 'sister took the
rovol~vr from him, Subscquently Orimnn
was found in his room with hlltthroat
-cut.A razcer was lyltg:at his side, Urli-.
ino was remoVed to the hospital,
At the siting of'the Methodist Synod of
the Sydney district Rev, B, Danks moved
-(1) That bynod heartily endoroes the
president's jastoal lettoer lth 'fteforence to
the a"No Temoro" decree, and commends
itto the earnest conalderatlonof all our
people; 1(2) That the president be re
quested to. arrange for the letter to be
rhad:lnuall'dur chutrches', and tO take any
other steps neceseary to its;. wide circu
lation throughout our Church in New
Bouth.Waleos. , Aftlo. sblo'-dltscuslon , this
oas carried unanimously,.
Mr. Dalfour, .M.L.V.;"o0 Victoria, and
aseverri, elorgymon hoad a.privdto inter
view witth tiho Mliiterl for Externol Al
faltl'sI Mdilbourno. reghrding tlhe affalrs
of the New Hebrides. They laid before
uir. Thomas a large number. or matters,.
which"thoy iurged ehould reonlve imme
dlate attention in the intereste of Aus
trallan, British, and native residents, tOne
subJeet was the early appointment of a
native advocate. The Minister stated that
the British and French Governments had
decidad touappoint Mr, Borgeslus, a Dutch
lawyer, provided that hbe spdke the Eng
lish language.
.Mr. Fisher, the Prime Minister, in allu
ston to Mr. Iurray; the. Victorian Pro
mler's suggeostion at Warrnaothool that
Federal Ministers should be roproeentoed
st the'proposed Premiers' Conference, at
which the surrender of some of the
Staoes' powers to the federation is to bd
.conslderoed, said on Thursday . night, t'I
will drit go so 'far as to say that the
Fe~eoral Government will accept an envl
tat-ion;, I al- prepared: to Iconsider any
offer made .in a conciliatory spirit, and
am not averso -to -negotiation. So far, I
Iave not approached the States, and they
have not approached me."
'The EIuglnedrivlng and Firing (Sundry
'Iiduetries) Wngest Board is sitting at
ew.oes, to deal with the dispute bo
twoun:- the members of tlhe Enginedrlv
ors and 'Firemen's- Fderntion, mnd the
Commonwealth O11 Corporation. Mr. I,.
A. ittchtll, the necretary,. 'is repro
0antlng tha union. Some of thIe itiln
provisior l' b i'he imnloti's 'clnllmol are as
Ipllows.-Wagos: Drivers of engines,
with cylinder diameter of less than 12In,
s pter day; over tiln, lO ; condoneling
engiles, 10ts d ; locomotive nod crano
itllvirs, .?Em person in charge .of 1-qot,
Ilc; flitomen (one boiler, as 4d;: two. cr
tore boilers, lis: bollers oef 750 hIorse
pibwr, 10s : .loco, Ilrenlo, O t and Ilro
ran's assisltants, es.
iAn award has bhcia ltsed by tho Oo
varoment. aRllways and Tramways' (Per
mooanet Way) Wages Board, in response to
ao aPIplicatton by the Noew South Walen
Wales Amalgamated tnailiay and, Tram
way BSrvice Association. It applics to am
ployoes under the Chin' Commissioner for
Ratlways,".and will have, a currency of
three yanrs. The following are some of
itseiirnis'ionn:-Wages: Lnbourers, 8n:
pipelayers, hours, 00 per fortnight; scsl
folders, hod calrrers, dtc., 8s Sd; tool
aharponors, Pa; watchmen, Os 44; ,rangers,
Is 6d;- relaying gongors, timber inspac
tors, and joiners, 1its brick inspectors
:nnd carponters, lon Overtime: Time and
*a quartor, sylth double rates on 8undaya.
There is to he no discriminatiao against
embers of the unioe in. regard, to, om,
'.iaiymcnt. \
Ariniety is being shown by: land-ownors.
In the leoderal capilal territory at their
extraordtnary poaation.The Soot af Goy
emnent Act provides that the land may
be rensmed lit the 1905 vaiaes. But' no
lIqed habn et been bought by the 0overn
raolit, and property holders are in pain;
fill saeaponse, ns they sno values .rlisng,
and dbohbt'f they will get. Ilho honeot ot
theit investments, They do not soe why
41bey should he spcoaldly penalnsiad ii
sales they. tay desire to elfoct. Anthler
w afly ohioots all the 1100 people in thc
triftdry.It. is that themr i's no pravi
sanfori( their representation 'i Parial'
mets The Federal territories are" o.
riarsbly exelided from iireaont represro-"
totson, and it has boee' suggested to roe
8deints that one member should be pro
vided for the three. areas, A deputation.
has bean sent to Melbourno by the prm
prty holders to interview tle Minister
fcmr Heelle Affairs, and to nequeint' men
htlrs with thg position in tho territory.
I athe course o his o ponint nddress 'at
'the Mothodait Synod, of the Wagge din
trtet, the' chairman,,the' Bov. W', "Stew
:nat, said there weore ieveral lindo or
'serongth; but theomast important was
prplitnl etrdngth, Manny people Inatrcs:
end in boxing,.though they mtght he mor
ally o'ijpsed' t pugIlioms1, thought', as a
strong man, Jacit Johnsoan was to be nd
alerel, 1ul' wlion he caied' to Sydney ther
'black aehimpioe compltnedl the e.Mthod
'Ito woald not Inko noticr el hle. They
,bd rightly derided that pugillm was
'pt a clean sport, and said he aould not
rh'61 tno'gn'tton. Cletao sport:'was' See
anat 'spiritual cloanlineos. Doxing and
ineig; had to he ruled out, and dancinir
ned thoeares hod . to' be regarldod witn
shaplolohap Somn m businesse. were non
ejeoan, notably .tho. liluor trade and
opium trafnlo, In politisc, Mr. LIoyc
qorga waould not to-day be the power
heo was in England it not for his high
Iloral qulalities. .Abstralisn Parliamonts
woreant maried 'by high 'moral qualal
t(en,* Two names osnl; said the preacher;
seamed to stand out in this 'respect, ann
'iaesne were Mr. Verran, the Promeir or
South Australei, and Mr. Josrph Cooa,
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