AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 133, 14 September 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE RAGE OF CHEAP GOODS. tty Cable.—Pluao As>;*)i;ialiou. —Cvpvnglu Sydney, September 13. Speaking at the Christian Endeavour Convention, the Rev. Mr. King condemned the rage for cheap goods, declaring that many of them were made with the blood of the women and children of the big European cities. SUPPOSED SMALLPOX. Adelaide, September 13. Another of the Kazembe's crew has developed supposed smallpox'. OUTBREAK OE MUMPS. Sydney, September 13. Mumps are still' raging on board the warship Challenger, and thirty-seven of the crew are quarantined. TELEPHONE TOLL SYSTEM. Melbourne, September 13. Under the toll system telephone calls have decreased 25 per cent. FLOODS IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, September 13. The flood in the Goulburn River is fallinjg. Sixteen thousand acres art flooded, and much damage has resulted. A number of residents had to teave their homes. OPIUM SMUGGLING. Sydney, September 13.

The latest device of opium smugglers is to utilise sausage skins. A quantity thus concealed was seized on a Chinese steamer.

QUEENSLAND BUSH FIRES. Brisbane, September 13. Destructive bush fires are raging in the Winton district, and many sheep have been burned. MYSTERIOUS CATTLE DISEASE. Hobart, September 13. The Government veterinary reports that the mysterious disease which caused many deaths of cattle in the midland districts is identical with the shee.p disease known as "louping ill." FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Melbourne, September 13. The Federal Government has removed the prohibition on the importation ot cattle; sheep, and swine from Britain imposed owing to the outbreaks of foot and month disease.