AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1917, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

RESUMPTION OP SHIPPING. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Received Oct. 18, MO p.m. Sydney, Oct. 19. There are prospects of an early resumption of l|oth the inter-State and ovM-sea sailings, the Steamship Owners' Feneration having received advices from Melbourne, where unionists agree to work alongside volunteers.

One family in Taranaki is obeying the injunction to keep the cradle full. At Wednesday's sitting of the Appeal Board an appellant stated that he was married and had one child. Four of his brothers were married, three having seven children and tlip fourth who was aged 32 and the youngest of the quartette, was the proud father of thirteen, including two lots of twins. A sister had five children. A member of the Board calculated that this totalled 40 children and remarked that appellant's father must be a proud man when surrounded by all his grandchildren.

An Australian tellß this one: Whiic convalescing in a London military hospital, I taught King Albert of Belgium's sister a word of Australian. We'd had a good yarn about the best country, and the lady had had to use her hanky v.lien she spoke of the way it had fed and clothed her brother's constituents. When she was calmer, I gave her my cap badge, after explaining the sunrise and sunset, and said: "It's a dinkum badge,, madam.' Then I had to explain 'dinkum.' She seemed struck by the word. It may be the Belgian royal oath by now." "Mr. T. W. Welch, estate agent, who has a replace advertisement in this issue, reports the following sales and exchanges recently: 324 acres, Kirihau road; 140 acres, Kent road; 2000 acres, Mimi; 20 acres; Pufcekohe; 172 acres, Auckland harbor; house and A acre, Pendarvcs street; house and i acre. Vivian street; house and one acre, Okato and two suburban Auckland house properties.

The favorite actress, Alice Brady, who recently starred in "The Danger's Peril" at' Everybody's will be seen at tile same theatre to-morrow in another big World fllm success, "The Angel of Mercy," another mysterious and thrilling story of Russia in that great Empire's days of Czardom and corruption. The programme will also include the latest Charlie Chaplin comedy, "Behind the Screen."

To date the subscriptions of the West End school children towards patriotic purposes amount to £136 6s (Id. Every endeavor is being made to swell this amount next Mond4y, when an exceptional programme of drills and organised games will be given in Kawaroa Park.

As next Monday is Labor Day, the Rnrawa will not sail fro'm Onehunga till 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and will sail from New 'Plymouth oif Wednesday at the usual time. A sale of considerable interest will be held at Elt'ham to-morrow when Smalley and Co. will submit to auction the household furniture, etc., on account of Mr. L. Flyger. Particulars are advertised. The Melbourne, Ltd., have a full range of boys' straw hats and washing hats at the following prices: Boys' ped&l straws with leather band, 3s lid; boys' cotton tussore hats, is lid; boys' white and fawn linen hats, Is 9d; boys' white pique hats, Is lid; men's large white linen hats, suitable also for girls, 2s od.