AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN TOWNSVILLE. i ' Received 10.55. BRISBANE, this day. A fire destroyed a new. pier, jetty, and store at Townsville, destroying a vessel’s cargo, and causing damage to the extent of between £50,000 and £IOO,OOO.
FEDERAL ELECTIONS Received 8.45 ! a.m. SYDNEY, May 15 The Nationalists’ Senate Bench continues to maintain its lead in Queensland. In all other States the Nationalist branches appear- j: safe, though there ana still a good many absentee and the whole of the soldiers’ votes to reckon with. For the House Mr Webster’s return is assured, though Messrs. Glynn and Mahon arc still in doubt. G’Mally wan defeated 'in DJarwin, Tasmania, but another election is necessary here owing to Mr. Hoyroyd’s death.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 15 May 1917, Page 5
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119AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 15 May 1917, Page 5
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