AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17907, 28 September 1918, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VIGTLANCE COMMITTEES. B 7 Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ADELAIDE, September 27. _ln the Assembly the Premier, refer* ring to the police strike, said the Government is calling upon all municipalities to appoint vigilance committees and special constables. , ABOLITION OF UPPER HOUSE. BRISBANE, September 27. The Assembly carried a motion by 33 to 18 for the introduction of a Bill to abolish the Upper House. BUSH FIRES RAGING. BRISBANE, September 27. Fierce bush fires are burning in tho Tambo district, on a front or sixty miles. • COMMONWEALTH MERCANTILE FLEET. MELBOURNE, September 27. The Commonwealth mercantile fleet has made a profit to date of £417,816.