GREAT FIRE IN RUSSIA.

Mataura Ensign, 21 May 1910, Page 3

GREAT FIRE IN RUSSIA.

1500 HOMELESS. ST. PETERSBURG, May 19. Several blocks of workmen's dwellings in the Narva district of the capital have been burned and 1500 persons have been rendered homeless. A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY. allegeiTmurder. ST. PETERSBURG, May 20. Count Bagdan Ronikier, a well-known Polish nob'eman, has been arrested for murdering his brother-in-law, a boy of 17, whose life lay between Ronikier and the inheritance of a large estate. ' NEW AUSTRALIAN COINAGE. HALF-CROWN MUST GO. MELBOURNE, May 20. Replying to a protest from the Chamber of Commerce against the, abolition of the half-crown, Mr A. Fisher (Prime Minister) said he feared it would have to go, as there was no provision in the Australian Coinage Act for its retention. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. FORMED IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, May 20. A meeting of New Zealanders decided to form a New Zealand Association, membership to be limited to those who have resided at least five years in the Dominion. MOISTURE IN BUTTER. REDUCTION OF STANDARD OPPOSED. MELBOURNE, May 20. The Butter Conference passed a resolution against the proposal to reduce, the moisture standard from 16 to 14 per cent.