AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1917, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SERIOUS RAILWAY FATALITY'. Austra,lian,-N.Z. Cable Association. Fremantle, Jury 24. ' The Midland express frcm Perth dashed into a washaiway northward of Watheroo. The van and carriages were piled Up, three being killed and nine injured. CONFERENCE OF PROTESTANTS.

Melbourne, July 24. A conference of Protestants decided to. form an, Australian Federation to defend the .privileges of protestatiam. SHORTAGE OP 'WHITE LEAD. Melbourne, July 24. Mr. Pearce lias received a niessago from the Ministry of Munitions urging Um> necessity for using substitutes for white lead, as stocks, here are required, {or urgent use.

ANTHRAX IN SLAVING BRUSHES. Melbourne, July 24. Following on the discovery of shaving brushes imported from Japan being infected with anthrax, importation from Asiatic countries has been prohibited, unless accompanied by a certificate from a responsible health officer.

BNCOURAGINC! RECRUITING. Melbourne, July 24The Trades Hall Council passed a resolution requesting the unions to demonstrate in opposition to the present system of economic conscription, and the central executive of the P.L.L. was asked to direct a number of Labor representatives in the Federal and State Par'liawents to take the platform and encourage recruiting.

ECONOMY URGENTLY NEEDED. Received July 25, 10.10 p.nj. Sydney, July 25. At various half-yearly bank meetings the urgent, and growing necessity for public" and personal economy w& 9 strongly stressed.

MBOE. Sydney, July 25; A mysterious, disease is largely thinning the mm plague in some of the infested whettf eas -

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. ■ Sydney, July 26. M. Mapc Rutty, the Swiss Consul, was fined £25 for attempting to trade witu i the ©wmy. in October, 1914, he ordered goods froin Germany.

TRAIN TOPPLES OVER BRIDGE. Received July 23, 10.15 p.m. Perth, July 23A second railway smash has occurred. A goods train of eight trucks topp ed over a bridge, the flreman being killed and two others badly injured.

TAXING WAR PROFITS. Received July 25, 10.10 p.m. Melbourne, July 25. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Groom Btated that the average cost ot recruits since January was £3 2a eacfc. The Treasurer, on the second reading oi flic War Profits Bill, announced vt was intended to tax the ,1015-16 escess profits by 90 per cent., and the 1916-W by 75 per cent.

URAUOHT HORSE SALESReceived July 20, 1.45 a.m. Melbourne, July 2oAt the draught sales on behalf of Messrs Mitchell and o«rieu, the top price for a "■Kitchener" coto was d2o guineas. Others sold on the same account ranged from 165 guineas to 2*> guineas.