Australian Cables

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1913, Page 3

Australian Cables

[t'EK PRESS ASSOCIATION.! 'EI.ECTI! I V T KI. K< IU A PN, CO PVKIGJIT.] (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) FEDERAL POLITICS. Melbourne, This Day. The Federal. House agreed to appoint a Royal Commission, comprising five members jof the House, to enquire into the eonduct of last Federal election matteis relating to voting. y.w.c.a; At the triennial convention of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australasia, Mrs Albert Ivaye, of Christehureh, was elected a vice-president. AUSTRALI AN STATISTICS. The Hon. Mr Groom, at the dinner of the Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers, said that the output of the primary industries of Australia for 1901 totalled t'110,121,000. In 1911. thev totalled 120. GOO, 000. A TUG SUNK. Brisbane, This Day. While Ihe steamer Kyarra was prcceeding up the channel, the iusr Chesterfield, which intended In assist, attempted to get across the Kyarra's bows to take the line. Th-. Kyarra touched the tug and turned lier over. The tug went to the • bottom, keel uppermost. There were five men aboard. A. Roberts (.engineer), G. Birkenhead (fireman) in the enginerooin, were drowned : the ot her ihree on deck were thrown into the water. but were rescued.