Show BITS FROM AUSTRALIA Great strikes havo been made at the Kalgorie the new mining district in West Australia and a rush has set in William Martin an American cyclist was given 11 days at Adelaide for slap ping the face of an official at a bicycle meet The old age pension bill of New Zea land provides for thepayment of a yearly pension of 51S out of tae consolidated I fund to every person who has attained I the ace of wand whose income is under 530 I The first preliminary survey of the AustralianBritish Columbian cable has just been completed A line was run from Palmitra Island to a point 300 miles to the southward of Honolulu An average depth of 2700 fathoms was found The New South Wales assembly is nov considering i an alien labor bill which extends the Chinese restriction act to all colored aliens other than British subjects A measure for the early cbs log of shops and factories is also under consideration |