AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3531, 19 July 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 11.40 a.m. w SYDNET, This day. Arrived: On Sunday night, Riverina and Rona from Auckland. The country around Bourke is flooded, and the waters are extending in all directions, in some places for thirty miles. More 1 water is expected in a. few days. The Government is send-* ing boats, blankets, and provisions. It is understood Cabinet is content plating a State- sweep for revenue purposes. Replying to church criticism, Mr Mutch, Education Minister, invited the churches to suggest an ata ternative to a lottery. A mother and father were found dead in bed at Barraba. Cyanide wag found in the vicinity. They left three? children. ' MELBOURNE, This day. Mr McGrath won the Ballarat seafj by an'absolute majority of 1016. There is no improvement in the' gas strike, but the point of difference? gradually diminishes. The companies are utilising volunteer labour, and arei experiencing a coal shortage. PERTH, This Day. The Civil Service strike continues. Ministers are paying wages to the: working staff an<j are distributing allowances to pensioners.