AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1930, Page 9

AUSTRALIA

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WIRELESS TELEPHONY. MELBOURNE, June 16

The radio-telephone between Australia and London is not being used enough to pay the cost of maintenance and operation. It is officially stated that the calls have fallen off remarkably since the novelty disappeared. COAT OF ARMS. BRISBANE, June 17. After many days’ search, the police found the Coat of Arms which disappeared from the Italian Consulate at Innesfail. The missing emblem was discovered in lantana bushes on the bank of the Johnstone River, and was badly dented. BORROWED CARS. HOBART, June 2. A determined effort is being made by the magistrates in Tasmania to put a stop to the illegal borrowing of motor-cars for joyriding. Two Launceston youths, Cyril C. Jarman and Cyril J. W. Brown, who used a couple of cars without the consent of the owners, were each sentenced to gaol for a month. DARWIN TOWN COUNCIL. DARWIN, June 17. The members of the Town Council resigned in a body following a message from Mr Blakeley, Minister of Home Affairs, ordering the postponement of the Council election in view of the early introduction of adult suffrage.- Hitherto, the council has been elected by ratepayers only. SHIP IN CYCLONE. SYDNEY, June 16. A message from Townsville states that the American tramp steamer “Beulah” struck a cyclone one hundred miles east of Townsville. Her crew had a terrifying experience, and thought every minute they would go to the bottom. Every lifeboat was smashed and' there was not a dry cabin. Their personal belongings were lost, and the crew went for days without any sleep. The ship was a week overdue.