AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 186, 12 January 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

l A' LUKEWARM RECEPTION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, January 11. i The batches of immigrants who are arriving every few days find it almost impossible to obtain temporary sleeping • accommodation, especially if accompan- ! ied by children. Boarding-house keepers resolutely refuse to take children. Ah j agitation is starting for the Government . to erect shelters. '■ TRADE WITH CHINA. Sydney, January 11. Visitors returned from the East declare that the spread of Western ideas in China should lead to a great increase of trade with Australia. Already there is an enormous demand for European clothing. SYDNEY'S MARVELLOUS PROGRESS. Sydney, January 11. 1 Unparalleled prosperity prevailed in ' the building trade last year. Over six thousand dwellings were erected in the suburbs, and the expenditure on buildings amounted to £6,000,000. The representatives of all industries report remarkable prosperity, with a prospect of j its continuance. AN UNSOLVED TRAGEDY. Sydney, January 11. At the inquest on the Casino tragedy the verdict was that Bertie Gilmore died of gunshot wound self-inflicted, and Mrs. Perkins from a. gunshot wound. There was no evidence to show how it was inflicted. VICTORIAN GOLD YIELD. Melbourne, January 11. The Victorian gold yeld last year was 503,451 ounces, valued at £2,138,903, a decrease of 6822 ounces. MT. LYELL MINE. Hobart, January 11. Five hundred men are working at Mt. Lyell mine. The management can put on an additional-two hundred. REDUCTION OF LICENSES. Melbourne, January 11. Since 1907, 512 hotels have been closed, the compensation amounting to £243,443. 4 ' ■. i