AUSTRALIAN NEWS
FEDERAL POLITICAL PARTIES
Hy Temraiih-l'ress As6ociation»Coryris:lit Melbourne, January 8. It is' understood that negotiations • between Mr. Hughes aud Mr. Cook regarding tho formation of a National Party liavo terminated, and that further dcvelopthonts have bcon_postponerl until the Liberal Party meets shortly before the reassembling of Parliament on February 7. . . It is generally agreed tliat Mr. Hughes will not attend tho Imperial Conference. Thorc are. indications of a General Election for both Houses in April. TRAM ACCIDENT. EIGHTEEN CASUALTIES. Melbourne, January 8. A tramcar full of passengers got out of control on an incline at Cambenvell. left tho Tails, crashed into a tree, and was overturned. Ouo person was killed and seventeen injured. Many ptbers are suffering from shock. QUEENSLAND FLOODS. DEPORTS OF FATALITIES. Brisbane, January 8. ' ■Delayed reports of-fatalitios in tlio flooded areas continue to arrive. Tho Jenkinson. family at Hughenden wero forced oa to the roof of their houso. . Tho liouso was swept away. Two of the family were rescued from a treo ' to wHch they had clung; five were drowned. ' There was ono fatality at Oroydoa • and others at Cloncuny.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2972, 9 January 1917, Page 6
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184AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2972, 9 January 1917, Page 6
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