AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
EARLY CLOSING. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ADELAIDE, Juno 2. Police statistics show an increase of 2C convictions for drunkenness during the first two months of the operation of six o'clock closing. ANTI-STRIKE LEGISLATION. X MELBOURNE, June 2. The State Premier, Sir A. J. Peacock, announced that during tho coming session anti-strike legislation would be introduced. BOND STORES DESTROYED. SYDNEY, June 2. The damage done bv the fire at Simpson's bond stores at Darling Harbour is estimated at £100.000. It is believed that the outbreak was caused by spontaneous combustion. It was the largest fire of recent years. The ruins are still smouldering. The cause and exact damage have not yet been ascertained. Several Sussex street firms have suffered heavy losses; also Burns, Philip and Co.. and the Commonwealth Government. The brigade effected wonderful saves of adjoining stores.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15607, 3 June 1916, Page 9
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