AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 5

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Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright (Received January 25, 9-30 a.m.) MEJLBOUi'tNE, This Day. The Minister for Works has appointed a committee of exjjcrts to enquire into tlie running of motor omnibus ami trackless trams, in order to relieve the congested traffic. Mr Wade has expressed the opinion it is Mr M'Gowan's duty to represent the State at the Coronation. A serious land slide has occurred in the third section of the Nortii Coast railway between Gloucester and Tarce. The damage is estimated at £37.000 sterling. MELBOURNE, This Day. The final payment to tlio States under the Braddon clause was completed yesterday. The Minister for Customs intends to prohibit the export of wheat in bags containing over two hundred pounds. The Federal Government is taking precautious to prevent unsuitable meat being exported, and additional special officers are being appointed in this connection. (Received January 25, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Labor secretaries strongly resent Mr Holman's utterances that one referendum on a question will interfere with State legislation. , The general secretary of the Socialist Federation in Australia has received a letter from the International Socialist Bureau in Brussels, advocating a general strike in all industries affecting munitions of war as a means of preventing massacre by war. At Herberfcsliohe, New Britain, Harry Liverscy, a settler, and two natives, were capsized in a small boat. One native swam ashore for assistance, and the others clung to the boat. Nothing has since been seen of the boat or occupants. MELBOURNE, This Day. A party of tourists at Mt. Buffalo ' encountered an electric storm. Their hair literally stood on end. The party felt a tingling sensation, but they were not injured. ADELAIDE, This Day. The sum of £1835 has been advanced under the Advances for Homes Act. BRISBANE, This Day. The Nortmanton railway has been interrupted since January 10, the highest flood on record being experienced. The country is submerged for miles, and the river is uncrossable.