AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

: N.S.W. ORCHESTRA HOME, By Telegraph.—Press Received Feb. 24, 930 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 54. the New South Wales State Orchestra returned by the Maheno. The director .is highly satisfied with the auccejs M the tour. He expressed pleasant memories of joyous-hearted Sew Zeojanders, and he hoped to return •oon.. The ', gross takings of the tour amounted to over £l2,ooo.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asm. WOMAN FOUND DEAD. I Received Feb. 34". 9.30 p.m. ! .' ) " Sydney, Feb. 24. The woman found dead in scrub at Sutherland has been- identified as the i wife of Constable Worrell, who recently , retailed from the front. She was mar-. lied On Christmas Eve.' TTiere are no Clartiier details. MISSIONS IN FOREIGN FIELDS. Received Feb. 24, 930 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 21. The Methodist Conference has opened. ft discussed the question of sending missionaries to foreign fields, and it was decided to allow Dr. Bromilow to return to' Papua The Rev. J. Margetts proceeds to New Britain. DEPORTED GERMANS LEAVING. Sydney, Feb. 24. *Hie last batch' of German deportees has been sent to Melbourne en route to Qeraany.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. Sydney, Feb. 24. The State. Government is issuing a Jccal loan of one million in the form of Treasury bills with a currency of two y»r» and bearing interest at 54 per Cant free of income-tax. The loaft is for advances to necessitous farmers. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.