AUSTRALIA
(Australian & N.Z. Cnble Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) COLLIERY TRAGEDY. BRISBANE, April 27. Horace Abbott, one of the victims of the Balmoral Colliery explosion, has succumbed to his injuries. GENEVA DELEGATE. CANBERRA, April 27. Mr Bruce announced that Senator Machlan will represent Australia at the Geneva Conference this year. NO INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. CANBERRA, April 27. Mr Bruce, announced in the Federal House that he has. abandoned his proposal to hold an industrial peace conference. MAIL BAG ROBBED. " ADELAIDE, April 28. A mail bag containing about £2OO disappeared between Adelaide and Hilton. The money was intended for war pensions at Hilton. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. MELBOURNE, April 28. The Chairman of the Victorian Railways Commission (Mr Clapp) estimates the total loss annually to the railways through the competition of tramways, motor* buses, touring buses, and commercial vehicles, at £246,000. The total loss through motor transport competition alone was £821,000.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1928, Page 7
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