Australian Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 August 1913, Page 3

Australian Cables

I [taKCTRIC TKI.KO It A I'll, COPYRIGHT.] ; [I'Klt I'ItKSS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 5J.45 a.m.) Sydney, This Day. Obituary Joseph Greer, exmember of the Legislative'Assciubly; aetat eighty-two. One more smallpox case is reported. The patient is in the city hospital. Deposits in (he Slate Savings Hank at the end of last year showed £','20,108, an increase of The proposed proclamation of the Navigation Act is causing a stir in shipping circles. Representatives of oversea companies complain that many clauses are adj verse to I heir interest and will ser- | iously affect trade. The Broken Mill Proprietary Company's net profit for the lialfvear ended Mav-'slst are i'1,'241,iuT. (:-) Newcastle, This Day. Sailed, Whangape, for Wellington . Perl h, This .Day. The steamer Rakaia, wheatladen, en route to Cardiff, arrived at Albany for bunkering purposes, with a fire in Xo. •'! hold. She is discharging cargo into lighters, but immediately the work is commenced smoke renders the work very difficult. The actual seat of the lire is not. located, • and it is impossible to estimate the damage. Melbourne, This Day. Sales of Australian wattle bloom in connection with Wattle Day nefted i'lßl7 pounds on behalf of the "Women's and Children's Charities. Last year l'8">0 was collected. Brisbane, This Day. As the result of an altercaiion, •Joseph McKunn, a lodger, shot Mrs Geary, a boarding-house proprietress, and then turned the weapon on himself. They both are in a serious condition.