GENERAL CABLES.
THE ATTOt'PATIG WILLIS. Sydney, •’lan. S. Judge Backhouse lias bimn appointed Royal (loniniissiouvr to enquire into Mr. -Speaker Willis’ suspension of Mr. Robinson, chief of the .Hansard staff, and his alleged insubordination. ;M’ r.V.\»L.'.\:> LAN i> WM'TLEMENT !’risliano, Jan. ■'< The Lands OepnrLnoiit reports that last year (>7l 7 a< were selected, nearly half :i million ovm- the previous sear’s figures. A BISHOP BAXM’.I!. Lisbon, Jan. H. The Bishop of Algarve has keen banished from his see for two years. STORM AT -MVDt.EE. Sydney, .Jan. S. A destructive storm has occurred in the Mudge? district. -.Hailstones 3i inch.es in cireiitut’t'rm.i: fol!. A large area of vines and other fruit and ptimpkins was destroyed. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT I’RORota i;d. (Received !>, b>.l() a.in.) Melbourne. -11111. S. Parliament is prorogued until February (ith. icxtertainment of governors (Retched a.m.) Sydney _, Ji'ii. !>.- lu reply to the i-xpr' m of general regret at' the Government's action in withdrawing the vice-regal residence from Fedm-a! (ise, Mr. Holman states that th? bii.sim-ss of maintaining hospitality to x isitois is t.he C-omtii<»i--•■vealth’s, and it is not the State's duty to .supplement the omissions of Federal mumigernent. TROI BLE AT G ASVt (>RKS. London. Jan. A A water tank ill a g:i son:ei;'r at Ilkeston. Derbyshi re. burst. causing the gasometer to <■<> 1 In;>si> am! parti.', demolish a row *•! <-’t t-i'.'e,. One girl v.as droaned ami others u.-rc injured, i'lm e.:’;-; igiiimd in mm sei-oml gim >- rut;-”. wld’-li also eMlap.-.ed, doing great: damage.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 22, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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