AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
A TIMBER COMBINE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, April 25. The Herald states that most of the timber companies are combining to raise the price from 10 to 20 per cent, early in May, and adds that the business will be divided proportionately by the combine to each firm, and heavy 'penalties provided, for exceeding the allotted business. FOR CLOSER SETTLEMENT. Sydney, April 25. Mr. Neilson, Minister of Lands, has stated that he has 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 acres of land in the Western division to open up for closer settlement as soon as a railway can be built,
NO-LICENSE POLL. Perth, April 25. A local option poll will be taken in Wcstralia simultaneously with the referendum. The questions 'include one as to whether the voter is in favor of State management. YOUNG GIRL SUICIDES. Sydney, April 25. A sixteen-year-old girl has committed suicide because her sweetheart was lost on the Yongala.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 289, 26 April 1911, Page 2
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152AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 289, 26 April 1911, Page 2
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