AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
BLOWN TO SEA. Received May 13, 9.37 a.m. PERTH, May 13. The steamer Kanowna picked up three Italian fishermen near Albany. They had been blown out to sea during a gale, without food, water* or a compass. They had been four days at sea when they were rescued.
WATER CONSERVATION. Received May 13, 9.37^'a.m. MELBOURNE, May 13. Mr Swinburne, V ictorian Minister for Agriculture, has announced that the Government intended to spend £300,000 annually during the next six years to provide reservoirs in country districts.
PENNY POSTAGE. Received May 13, 10.6 a.m. SYDNEY, May 13. The Postmaster-General (Mr Austin Chapman) intends at an eariy stage of the session to introduce a Bill authorising a penny post and making the postage [on books and magazines uniform. He also hopes to give some kind of perference to the magazines and papers of Australia.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8440, 14 May 1907, Page 5
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143AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8440, 14 May 1907, Page 5
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