AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 40, 9 August 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CATERPILLARS STOP A TRAIN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Adelaide, August 8. A plague of caterpillars stopped a train at Olary, making the lines slippery. GIGANTIC MILITARY STORE. Melbourne, August 8. The Federal Government is planning a gigantic Btorehouss with a floor space of seven and a half acres for military stores. TRANSFERRED PROPERTIES. Melbourne, August 8. Westralia and Tasmania have offered to accept 3% per cent, interest on the value of properties transferred to the Commonwealth. Victoria is asking 3£ per cent.

THE LABOR TRUST. Adelaide, August 8. An immigrant named Hatter applied to join a union, and was told lie would have to pay twenty guineas entrance fee. VICTORIAN TELEPHONES. Melbourne, August 8. The telephone revenue last week showed an increase of £ 19,000 over the corresponding period of last year. SUDDEN DEATHS. Brisbane, August S. Two sudden deaths have occurred at Gympic. Morgan, an elderly man, was carrying a bucket of water when he collapsed and died. His wife, on seeing his body, also dropped dead. A FATAL DRINK. Sydney, August 8. On Sunday two men were found unconscious in Druitt street. One subsequently died, and the other recovorcd. He stated that they had been drinking liquor sold them in the street on Sunday morning as rum. SYDNEY FISH SUPPLY. Sydney, August 8. The first shipment of privately trawled fish was placed on the market yasterday, and the result was a marked decline in values.