AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA
TRADE COMMISSIONER ENTER. . • TAINED.
.New .York,.October 21,
Mr. H. Y. Braddon, Australian, Trade Commissioner to the United States, has been entertained by the St. George Society. Mr. C. Clive Bayley, British Consul, said that'' Australia's .action in appointing a Commissioner- to the .United States was a distinct move towards closer and more valuable relations, both diplomatic and, commercial.'
Mr. Braddon, in reply, said the question of the German islands in the' Pacific: was vital to' Australia and New Zealand. Australians would sleep • easier now that Mr. Balfour had declared that the. colonies- would not be returned to Germany. : Mr. braddon said that ho brought a message that rang from end.to end of Australia: that their answer to Germany must be "unconditional surren-der."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
SPANISH GRIPPE
EPIDEMIC SUBSIDING IN 'CAPE TOWN.
(Rec. October 25,' 7.20 p.m.)
Cape Town, October 24.' The position with regard to the influenza epidemic continues to improve. Towns are- rapidly resuming their normal state. : The death rate in lumberley was over-10 per cent, of the population.
• The. disease >is still virulent .in-the country districts and native areas. In some cases small communities in the native area were almosi wiped out.—Router. ■ ■ •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 27, 26 October 1918, Page 7
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