AUSTRALIAN NEWS
FAMINE IN QUEENSLAND. RESULT OF MARINE STRIKE. Received 11.55 a..m. BRISBANE, This Day. As a result of ‘the shipping strike a famine -in foo‘dstuffs' is being experienced. In the far northern towns the police are empowerefl to commandeer all flour.
At Cairns nine deaths from influenza are reported. On Thursday Island 60 per cent. of the population are affected.
FLOOD IN QUEENSLAND. ‘ CAUSED ENORMOUS LOSSES. Received 11.55 am. BRISBANE, This Day. A record flood is reported in the Normanton district, following 011 the recent cyclone. It caused enormous losses of cattle. .
TAR AND FEATHERS. FINED FIVE POUNDS. Received 11.55 a.m. MELBOURNE, This Day. Six men Were fined £5 each in connection with tarring and feat.hel-ing of McDo~ugall.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3407, 11 February 1920, Page 5
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119AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3407, 11 February 1920, Page 5
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