AUSTRALIAN NEWS
AN APPOINTMENT
(Australian Press Association),
CANBERRA, April 26
Herbert Rrookos, of .'Melbourne, exGlmirniitn of the Tariff Board, lias been appointed Australian representative in the United States. The Prime Minister in making the announcement said Brookes’ title will be Commissioner-General for Australia.
COLD BLAST.
STB IKES AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY. April 20
A sudden blast of extremely cold weather is making matters uncornlortable in Melbourne and Sydney. Fierce gales are raging in Hass Strait and in the AYest Tasman Sea. Shipping has been warned.
ANOTHER PROPOSAL
TO RE-OPEN MINES
SYDNEY, April 20
The State Treasurer, Mr Stevens, further conferred with tin* reresentativos of the coal owners and the miners, with the result that new proposals for a settlement of the coal trouble cvill he submitted by the State Government, subject to the federal Government approving of the scheme.
POISONED GRAPES
SUSPICIOUS FATALITY
SYDNEY, April 26
Allan McCrea. aged eleven, of Rosehill, died after eating grapes to-day. His sister, Edith, aged twenty, and a younger brother, aged eight, also ate some of the grapes and became ill. They were taken to the hospital in a serious condition. A post mortem examination has been ordered, it is believed that they were poisoned.
MINERALS OUTPUT.
SYDNEY, April 27
The Alines Department’s annual report states the coal output last year decreased by 1,077,917, tons. The output was the lowest since 1919. Metals and minerals valued at fifteen and a half millions sterling were won.
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