AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 20 January 1926, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ABOLITION 01-' S.S.W UPPETt j HOUSE. SYDNEY, January 18. 1 ! Following a. Cabinet meeting, Mr. j Lang announced that the Government ntended to adhere to the plans, and ake steps lids yveek for the aboli,ion of the Legislative' Council. The halt legislation was ready and it only remained to obtain the verdict ’ j of Parliament. SMALLPOX. 1' *I-T Ti, J a nun rv IS L The Maloja, duo to-night from Lon- ' .lon, will bo quarantined, as there is ■ a case of smallpox aboard. TASMANIAN CROP A SUFFER. • SYDNEY, January 19Reports from Tasmania show that | cold snaps and droughts adversely at- j fected the potato crops. After an excellent staiq the plants b«-;:ame yvilted, particularly in the earlier districts. There is still hope -for the late crop providing' c-arly rainfall occurs. Oats and pea crops also suffered severely. LJRE L ACT I ()N DBOPP ED. SYDNEY, January 19. i Papers tabled in the Assembly slioyy | that; the libel action against New South Wales Government by Sir Wil* I iam Arroll and Company has been abandoned.