AUSTRALIAN NEWS
PENNY POSTAGE. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, April 17. The Federal Executive lias approved the proclamation bringing penny postage into operation throughout Australia, also, under special arrangements with Great Britain and the Dominion, from May 1. A RECORD SHOW. Sydney, April 16. The attendance at the show was 46,000, and the takings to date are over £iroo ahead of the corresponding period last year. HEAVY RAINS. Received 18, 1.5 a.m. Sydney, April 17. Although the showground was almost a sea of mud, over 20,000 were present. A heavy rainstorm lasted all the evening. Many places on the coast recorded a rainfall of five inches. CABMEN'S BOYCOTT REMOVED. Melbourne, April 17. The cabmen's boycott of the wharves has been removed, pending action by the City Council. A VALUABLE COLT. Sydney, April 1". The two-year-old Victorian Clydesdale stallion Royal Scotch was sold for 500 guineas. A TRAIN ON FIRE. Melbourne, April 17. A train conveying boats to the Bairnsdale regatta caught fire, and, before it was extinguished, three racing boats had been destroyed. SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY. Sydney, April 17. The annual report of the Socialist Labor Party expressed satisfaction at the establishment of a branch of the party in New Zealand. SMALLPOX. Adelaide, April 17. The steamer Mooltan was quarantined ori arrival, having a case of smallpox aboard. The victim, a second-class Australian passenger, joined in India. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. Adelaide, April 17. Sir E. Smith has presented £IOOO to the Commercial Travellers' Association to form the nucleus of an accident and sickness insurance fund. MANUFACTURERS' WEEK. Sydney, April 17. Manufacturers' Week commences tomorrow. Over a thousand city shops have arranged to make displays of purely Australian goods in their windows. THE GLENBANK WRECK. Received I>7. 10.35 p.m. Perth, April 17. The wreck of the Russian barque Glenbank. which capsized on February 10, drownins all hands but one, has been located inside Le Grande reef, safe from the ocean fairway.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 279, 18 April 1911, Page 5
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