AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 24, 25 May 1912, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

RESUMPTION OF FORESHORES. .(Received 25, 10.15 a.m.) Sydney, May 25. Since the present Government took office it has resumed 5.) miles of foreshores in the harbour at a cost of £130,000. ALLEGED PECULATION. (Received 25, 10.15 a.m.) Sydney ,May 25. Hugh Jamieson, secretary of the Papuan Rubber Co., has been committed for trial on a charge of stealing £273. There is a general shortage of £23,000. DEEPENING PORT PHILLIP. (Received 25, 11.0 a.m.) Melbourne, May 25 To allow the largest liners likely to visit Australia to enter Port Phillip the channel to Port Melbourne is being deepened forty-two feet lower at a cost of £50,000. THE NEW HEBRIDES. (Received 25, 11.0 a.m.) Mel I lonrnc, May 25. Mr Fisher, referring to complaints of the condominion in the New Hebrides, said the Commonwealth should be given a hand. He would like to see Australian policy covering the whole of the islands. Ho thought the Now Hebrides might well be under Australian control. SMALLPOX. (Received 25, 11.0 a.m.) Townsville, May 25. The steamer Yawata Maria, from Japan, has arrived. A saloon passenger is suffering from smallpox.