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[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.J A FIRE. (Received this day at 8 a.in.) SYDNEY, July 13. A fire gutted Ackers Lonsdales Proprietary confectionery factory at Petersham, and caused damage of fifteen thousand sterling, STEAMER ON FIRE. MELBOURNE, July 13. The steamer Kooringa, laden with six thousand eases of petrol and benzine is afire twenty six miles off Capo Selianek. The crew were rescued by the steamer Kooyong. The donkeyman. of the Kooringa was severely burned.
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. MELBOURNE. July 11. In the Federal House of Representatives, Mr Rowse stated that £ of),000,000 yearly would bo necessary for the next ten years to provide Australia with sufficient defence to protect herself in the Pacific. Such an expenditure was out of the question, and fortunately Australia was living in most amicable terms with her neighbours. FEDERAL POLITICS. (Received this day at 10.13 a.in.) MELBOURNE, July 13. In* the Assembly," the no-confidence motion (cabled on 7th'July), was defeated by 33 votes to 29. STEAMER FI BE. 'MELBOURNE. July 13. The donkeyman on the steamer Kooringa, who was severely burned, is William Flynn, twenty-seven. He gave hi.s address as Mein Street, Wellington. The rescuing steamer Kooyong is making for Queenscliffe, where; medical attention is available. The Kooringa has been abandoned. She burned to the waterline.
SENTENCED TO DEATH. PERTH, July 15. Roy.stem Ronnie (cabled on 4th June) was found guilty of the murder of John Grenville, and was sentenced to death. FIJI BOWLING CARNIVAL. SUVA, July 15. , The South Sea, Bowling Carnival, promoted by the Suva Bowling Club was.a tremendous success. Fiji, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and New Zealand were presented. The pennant was won l>y South Australia from New South Wales,
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1926, Page 3
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