AUSTRALIAN NEWS
A CLEVER CAPTURE ESCAPEES FROM A DETENTION CAMP... . UyTclograpli-Prcea Aesooiation-CopjTiirM (Ike. January 18j 10 p.m.) Sydney, January 18. A railway official ats Hornsby, becoming suspicious of a well-dressed couple who were purchasing tickets to travel bv the Brisbane mail, called the police. The supposed'husband and wife were discovered to bo men who liadl recently escaped from a detention camp. The husband indignantly pro* tested against tho treatment of hie wife, who was dressed in the latest fashion, and was painted nnd powdered. —Press Assn. ■. •• ~, DAYLIGHT AND(PRODUCERS Sydney, January IS. Tho Primary Producers 1 Association is protesting to tho Government at what it calls daylight robbery, contending that it prevents production, and if continued will drive producers to the lunatic asylums. HEAVY COMPENSATION. (Rcc. January .18, 10 p.m.) Melbourne, January 18. For the Melbourne Tramway Omnibus Company's business, taken over by the Tramways Board, £335,000 compensation was awarded.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2981, 19 January 1917, Page 5
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149AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2981, 19 January 1917, Page 5
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