AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 111, 26 September 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES, j By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, September 25. I The want of ruin is interfering vvitli ! training. The Randwick tracks arc very I hard. ! TFIE SUGAR COMMISSION. ' Melbourne, September 24. The High Court has commenced the hearing of the Colonial Sugar Company's application for an injunction, challenging the validity of the Sugar Commission ' Act and against the commission further examining the company's directors and oll'icals. It its argued that trade rivals I will beneiit by the making of. the comI pany's processes public through the comj mission. j FIRE IN A MINE. > Sydney, September 25.

J The portion of the Pehuv .Main mine i which was on fin; was flooded after it had been sealed; up. and it is believed that the lire is now out and the pit j safe. ] THE LIQUOR LAWS. Brisbane, September 25. The Mayor presided at the Liquor Law Reform Convention, which passed a resolution in favor of confining the sale of liquor to the hours from 8 o'clock in j the morning to 9 o'clock at night, and' the non-employment of barani ids, other than those at present engaged. THE SYDXEY EIRE. ! Sydney, September 85. C.roth's insurances amounted to £29,501), including £"000 each in the New . Zealand and Squth British offices.

RAILWAY.MEN'S UNION. Sydney, September 25, The Railwaymen's Oner;il Labor League is increasing its membership to •000. A WOODSHED BURNED. Brisbane, September 25. A wdolsheil on the Isis Downs estate has be'-n desiroved by fire, causing a loss estimated at £20.000.

SERTOUS FLOODS. Melbourne, September 25. There are floods in the Nathalia district. A wide area is inundated and the crops are suffering severely. A SYDNEY LOAN. Sydney, September 25. The Lord 'Mayor has arranged for a city loan of £1,250,000, spread over ten years. It is understood that £500,000 will be raised locally and the balance in London.