COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 18 September 1912, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

THE FLOODS IN VICTORIA

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.', (Received 10.30 a.m.) K Melbourne, September 18. The floods are mostly subsiding. The extreme north-west corner of the Mallee alone escaped. In the northeast, along the valleys of the Murray tributaries the waters left a track wider than ever before. There was phenomenal rain in the mountains at Woodsp:)int, where it rained nearly nine inches in five days. No further fatalities are recorded, but there were many narrow escapes. THE DEATH SENTENCE: Edward McDonald, aged 31, a labourer, has been sentenced to death for a criminal offence on a girl aged ten. WIRELESS. Hobart, September 18. It is stated that owing to the surrounding hills, the wireless, station here is not a success, and there is not much chance of communicating with South African steamers GOO miles away. Sydney steamers arc also often missed off the coast. THE INVASION OF AUSTRALIA. (Received 10.-15 a.m.) Sydney, September 18. Colonel Foster, Director of- Military Science at the University, is of opinion that a hostile army of 20,000 infantry and 4000 horse with 60 guns would be unable to invade Australia with any prospect of success if the present forces were well trained and. fully trained to take the field. His opinion was based on the recent skeleton manoeuvres. ■ CLEARING OUT THE SLUMS. Sydney, September IS. The City Council contemplates the complete abolition of. the slum areas * in the Metropolis. The Lord Mayor announced that £60,000 would be spent on the residential section for the poor. OLYMPIC REPRESENTATIVES. . ' Sydney, September 18. Several Australian Olympic reprc- , uontatives have arrived. They are delighted with the treatment meted out by the Swedes. The Australians were the most popular of the visiting nations. ■ • ' . Langworth considers Kahanamoku, fche swimmer, the. fastest sprinter in the world, and Hodgson (Canada) the best long-distance swimmer helms ever seen. '