AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3411, 16 February 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

ROSS-SMITH IN SYDNEY.

SIX DAYS TO ENGLAND.

THE JOURNEY O UTLINED‘

Receivled 10.10 am

SYDNEY, this dfiy‘

Ross-Smith, in !a;n'in'torview, stated the flight from Sydney =to London, in the near future, will be easily accomplished in six days, flying in daylight only, passvngers sleeping -at landing places. He suggested the flight on the fil-st day would be’ from Sydney to Darfvin, on the second Darwin to Singapore, third, Singapore to Calcutta, four-’th_. Calcutta to Baghldad, fifth, Baghdad to Rome, sixth, Rome to London. ' -

The aviators leave on a. non-stop flight to Melbourne on Sa.tul'da.y next.

THE SHIPPING STRIKE. THE SITUA'I‘ION"‘3TOT_ IMPROVED. TASMANIAN STATE SHIPPING. Received 10.10 a.nl_ SYDNEY, this day. ‘ The deadlock in regard to the shipping strike continues, no steps have been ‘taken to arrange any further conference with Mr Hughes. The Tasmanian Government. is purchasing two vessels to maintain regular service with the mainland. Newnes’ oil dispute has been settled, the workers are to-opening.

INFLUENZA ON THURSDAY ISLAND.

TWENTY-SEVEN DEATHS.

Reéeived 10.10 am. BRISBANE, this day.

Influenza -deaths on Thursday Island now total -27.‘ Lack ‘of nourishing foods as !a ‘result of the shipping strike is greatly hampering the treatment of patients. A FIVE-DAY WEEK. WORK STOPPED ON FRIDAY. Received 10.10 am. - IVIELBOURNE, this day. In accordance with a decision to work only five days a week, all building trade employees fabsenifed themselves from work on Saturday.

A SPE9TATOR KILLED.

TWATOHING AERIAL S’.l.‘UN'l‘S.

~ Received 10.10 a.m. ' MELBOURNE, this day. Capt. Wilson, while doing sifunts with a Sopwith machine, at Geelong, struck {L spectator, killing him, The machine was wrecked, but the aviator was not injured. ‘ THE MEAT CRISIS. SITUATION BECOMES WORSE‘. PATAGUNIAN OUTPUT PUR~ CHASED. . LONDON, Feg. 13. The Government has purchased the whole of the Patagonian meat output for 1920. The transaction surprises the meat trade, as it was: understood the Governlnent’s policy was to interfere with the meat trade as little as possible, only retaining a fixed maxiniunl price. '

BURGLARY IN GI«SB ORNE‘

UNION SHIPPING OFFICE ROBBED

GISBORNE, this day. The Union Sfeamship Company’.s' ofiice here was burglariously entered last night and abbut £8 taken from the til].