AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 January 1913, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH--COPYBIOHX] |>BU PBKBB ASSOCIATION ] (Received TLia iDay, 10.25 a.m.) AN ACTOR'S GATHERINGS. SYDNEY, This Day. The late George Rignold's Australian estate is set down at £11,032. THE WHEELERS IX TIIEWAYr The Northern mining situation is not improved. The Proprietors' Association has replied to the Employcos' Federation, stating that a conference cannot be held until the 13urwood mine resumes. This reply was considered at a- meeting of the Delegate Board of the Employees' Federation, and the Board passed a resolution "that foiling arrangements with the conference within seven days, an aggregate meeting of employees be called to consider thho position. BUSH FIRES AROUND SYDNEY. Bushiires continue frequent in the outer suburbs, owing to heat and dryness. Private property lias been successfully defended. BRISBANE, This Day. A lire at Manango destroyed a block of buildings comprising the Palace Hotel, the Palace Theatre, and tlie shops of Goff a. fruiterer, MacNamara, a stationer; Stuart, a tailor, and the South Burnet Importing Company. MacNamana owned tlihe block. Insurances arc £1950; the loss £5000.