AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1926, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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POLITICIAN'S DEATH. SYDNEY, Jan. 12. Obituary—Sir Austin Chapman, member of the House of Representatives. He was a member of tbe first Commonwealth Parliament. v DAME CLARA BUTT. SYDNEY, Janaury 12. Madame Clara Butt lias received numerous messages of sympathy in connection with the death of her mother, which occurred in England a few days ago. CONSIDERED INTERFERENCE. SYDNEY. Jan. 13. The Assembly, after debating the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment Bill, which was vitally amended by the Legislative Council returned the Bill to the Couti- x ■ cil with tbe comment that the Coun- * oil’s amendments were a considered interference with the Government and foreign to its policy. QUEENSLAND’S VOLCANO. BRISBANE, Jan. 12. An investigation of the alleged volcanic activity of Jit. Gregory (called yesterday) showed that the rumbling was caused by large rocks rolling down the mountain side, alter being displaced by heavy rain, and what appeared to be smoke was the ash.es from a bush fire, carried to a great height by a whirlwind. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES. SYDNEY, Jan. 13. ' J The annual report of the Board for ' the protection of aborigines, tabled in the Assembly discloses that there are 1081 full-blooded aborigines in New South Wales, comprising 628 males and !23 females. Half-castes total 5991.