AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(By Electric Telegraph. —Copyrigi t.) (United PToss Association.) Sydney, May 7. The continued dry weather in the western districts is creating fears ox a drought. Stock are being removed. (Received 8, 8.20 a.m.) Sydney, May 8. The City Council referred to the Finance Committee a proposal to invite a British fleet to visit Australia. The Government has decided to complete the Central Railway Station at a cost of £165,000. The steamer Kent, from Durban, reports that plague is raging there, hut is confined to the Indian quarter. Twenty-nine Indians and two Europeans have died. , . Hobart, May 8. The barque Don, IQO days cut from the Baltic to Dunedin, p;at in short of provisions, owing to had weather. For some weeks the crow were compelled to live on biscuits. (Received 8, 9.40 a.m.) Hobart, May 8. Three Legislative Council sitting Liberals have been re-elected.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9, 8 May 1912, Page 6
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145AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9, 8 May 1912, Page 6
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