AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 19 February 1912, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

'By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) .Sydney, February JG. Mr Griffiths .gives the lie direct to Mr Wade’s allegations that he ,fe charging an exorbitant rent for his cottage. He states that lie intends to give Mr Wade an opportunity of proving his assertion before a judge and jury. (Received 17, 1.5 p.m.) Sydney, February 17. Fire destroyed .Forster and Son’s bedstead and bedding factory at Ultimo. It was heavily .stocked and the damage wins £12,000. Ton months’ experience justifies the estimate that the penny post will result in a loss of four hundred thousand pounds in the first year. It is expected that in succeeding,, years the deficiency will become Jess. At the Totalisator Commission the Rev. Nicholson, superintendent of the Scripture Instruction Campaign, opposed the machine on the grounds that legalised gambling was a blunder. \ ested interests in gambling when created were difficult to abolish. .(Received 17, 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, February 17. Three boys,Draper, McDougall, and Wilde, who were 'bathing ait Port Melbourne have disappeared. ■ Their clothing was found on the beach. It is believed that they have been drowned. Adelaide, February 17. Mr Ycrran has (resigned and Mr Peake has been sent for. He formed the following Ministry; Mr Peake, Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Education ; Mr Butler, Minister .for Works, Mines, and Marine; Mr Brice, Chief Secretary; Mr Homburg, Attorney-General, and Minister for Industry; Mr Young, Commissioner of Crown Hands and Immigration ; Mr Pascoe, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation; Mr O’Laughlin, Speaker; Mr Rudall, Chairman of Committees; Mr Ritchie, Government Whip.