EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2366, 23 January 1915, Page 7

EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN

•- 9 —: VILUGESEKUINS ■■''■■ WIDESPREAD DAMAGE (Reo. January 28, 0.6 a.m.) .'dSyToJesropk - Frees Association— OoDyrleht London, January 22. 1 The "Daily Express's" Madrid cor--1 respondent states an earthquake on • January 2 oaused great damage. Eight'ten villages are in ruins in the Asifturias. In one plaoe twenty were kiU."'ed. -The news was delayed owing to in'(terrupted commimications. ITALIAN DISASTER. ■WtOWW RESCUED AFTER EIGHT . «■; DAYS. (Reo. January 28; 0.80 a.m.) Romo, January 22. •' Two women > and a child have been (rescued from 'the earthquake ruins at jlAvezzano. They were buried in the puns for eight days, and were, uninijured a<nd in good health... AUSTRALIAN PRICES. &RAN AND POLLARD SHORTAGE- - Sydney, January 22. ./ "Evidence given : before "the Commodities Commission regarding the shortage ;of bran and pollard,, showed that _Syd:ney. firms have been buying at higher • jthan the fixed price and .exporting to iViotoria,'where the price is still higher. Mr. Ashford stated that though the (millers were producing 800 of pol"krd weekly, it was impossible for Lpoultry farmers to secure any, owing jto the firms exporting. The millers are now undertaking to keep sufficient of the produce and wheat bought by the 'iWheat Board for New South Wales conisumption. , ' Mr. Ashford stated that those refusiing to do so would be dealt with in a 'summary, manner. A BEER BOYCOTT. "'"'" , IN TEN NEW SOOTH .WALES . TOWNS. '.:-.. Sydney, January 21. • Since-early inthe month ten towns ion the Maitland coalfield have been on .'■■ .strike ■ against, the increased price of ''beer. The boycott is still maintained, and there is extensive picketing. Temperance advocates are .successfully campaigning, and have induced over three 'hundred men to 6ign a sis months' pledge. With the thermometer registering over 100, 4 le soft-drink sellers jtue coining money., (Reo. January 28, 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, January 22. _ ' k" There has been a large decrease in 'Jthe trade of the cit;y hotels as a result iof the increased prices for, liquor.:. The Jnioderato drinking section is partiouI'larly resenting what is considered an i undue impost. The few houses which (refused to submit topressure to raise their prices are doing roaring trade, and further, breakaways are anticipated, v, • ' ' ■ • ' MISSING POLAR EXPEDITION. SEARCH EXPEDITION. (Reo. January 23, 0.5 a.m.) Ottawa, January 22. . An expedition, financed jointly by the (Government and by'private sources, is ! being formed to search for Stefannson's , fcjmissrng Polar expedition. 'I' TRAGEDY IN. MELBOURNE. ■!'';• '(Reo.''January 22, 8.55 p.m.) ■•<" .', Melbourne, January 22. ../ As the outcome of a property dispute "in ex-Navy man named Sweeney shot and dangerously wounded his wife, and 'then committed suicide. • ;,.. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. S .*,' London, January 21. ;. In the final for tho Covered Courts Championship, Dixon beat M. Ritchie, 6-2, 4-6,,6-3. .' ' (■' THE OPHIR REFLOATED. London, January 21. The steamer Ophir, which went habore at Kabret, in the Suez Canal, on Tuesday, has .been refloated. ~ Apparently, she is undamaged. ) CABLE NEWS DELAYED. i '.' Sydney, January 2l'„ -L Telegraphio interruptions are delaying ine oable news. ' ALLEGED SHEEPSTEALING —:_—s_ ■ ■■.'A. FARMER COMMITTED FOR ;...'■ . '~ TRIAL. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Tlmaru, January 22. 'At Fairlie to-day, before Mr.. Day, '6.M.. Robert Guthrie, a .well-known aheepfarmer of Mount. Nessing, AlIbury, was committed for trial on i three charges of sheep-stealing on or about December 24, namely, 4S sheep from a neighbour, J. Maxwell; ' two sheep of the N.Z. and A. Land Co. (Akatarana); one sheep of a neighbour, Edgar Jones. An inspection of the sheep disclosed 'that the sheep claimed had been shorn . and branded and the ear-marks altered. ; The acoused pleaded "Not guilty," i'< Bail was fixed at £300, and £300 in one 6r two sureties. *' .; .■