AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14648, 6 April 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

'By Telegraph.— Association.—']||*^m| COMMONWEALTH BANK. *9 J (Received April 6, 12.45 -a.m.) -» W'W i Melbourne, April 5. f^fc' i , Amongst the matters for the coosideni^K»| tion of the next Federal Parliament, is'a^MHjß . 6cheme for a Commonwealth bank- J 'VlSif % THREATEN JED WATER FAMINS. ;J| IK (Received April 6, 12.45 a.m.) ; ' ,'3 "%' -..'■ ~- Sydney, Aprill;sJ|||||| |» Jn, contrast to the numerous floods, ttifli :' j||jt town of I'arkes reports a threatened water 4 •$£ famine.' ' i-fll THE FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. HI Brisbane, April 5. j S| During Saturday the flood watersj^flfflll Cairns covered a large part of ;'tKe;,'to^<jPHHti t ship, and boats were-plying in the streets, ,'+ Bffl| ' In the Kamerunga district houses we W:'^'f§j3|te'* • swept away. At Kuranda 25in of rt ta'3«||jP - fell during the 24 hours ending. j : Railway traffic is suspended in the ; flooded' i districts. The rain has ceased and , llllfti.il - • outlook is now brighter.. , %i*!J§'i (Eeceivßd April 6, 1 a.m.) .'- ! Brisbane, April 5. MM The rainfall at Cairns for four days, hI'S has totalled 43in, while at Karundah iti!:' i*l||;j was 52in in 48 hours. There have been Hg| many washaways and landslip? on the )-< Cairns : railway, >; and ; bridges have ' ceea tmm 5 badly damaged. Sinca tho beginning of j ' the year the' rainfall at Cairns : has; beea'|- ||||§:| ■ . " '- - - ' • /,- 'lySsi , BIG HOSPITAL FAIR. ' jl [A;' (Received April 6, 1.20 a.m.) '' j^HI Stonbt, April 5, . mm The State Governor (Lord Chelmsford) : 1 r # j opened to-day the biggest fair yet:held |« & in Sydney. The object of the fair ifi to M <| , raise £5000 for the Prince Alfred Hob LJf| pital, and a nurses' accommodation home.,'. lil'.fM NO WORN-OUTS [ """mm no worn-outs wanted. "-jS?HH (Received Apr,! 6,' 1.30 a.m.) "* feljl 1 SYDNEY, \\ ApriI "/]'lwllliP Referring to a proposal that:-^vV^JJnra - been made to introduce *.r.fs-expn V,«A, J J 5 Indian soldiers from India, Mr, Holrt^A^'*|j I {Acting State Premier) says he doer ' j, v „ J want worn-out 1, but men able to bring".,,, >ttf2/ . families. * # $Mml I QUEENSLAND BUSHBANGEEB.'i llffi ' t Beisbake, April 5. ,BfflH Two- men named Coales and Price bftjljfif;,. Ig been committed I .for' trial 'in coimcctibttif|||S| with the recent sticking-up ■ oaieeß;: in- ■iS^fflH :;' Mount Cuthbert district. ' wM 1 THE BOXING FATALITY. v:slß| ,; ''' , % ' v Stdnet," April^&^!|||§ ~ Eleven men were charged at Newcasfcla;;|||w|| r in connection with the death of. the boxer . Wmr. I 3 Bob Bryant. On the application of *,t|iip t J™ '| j 3 police, all-were discharged. -* -^^»>|' THIEF FIRES AT CONSTAIML 'til • Perth, April h. '\t%\ A robber secured £200 worth of Bliin«^^ from the-Mcuzies gold mine, escaping ' on,'*:" ffln a bicycle. A constable intercepted , tih.<a-' iiH robber, who fired two harmless shots"at'^BH ' the policeman, dropped the Blimes, end ''.■§!» ■ escaped. '~.''' ' LABOUR IN NEW OALEDONuk. Hi i STDN*B\ April 5, ;. >^I|' The Noumea correspondent of the - E^^§ dney Morning Herald reports that thbrtji's %■M is a great dearth of labour in New Caje' IHpf donia. Japanese are being -recruited' •;; | ifj , mainly because other labour is not offernig. ; ;--.-.sljf mj POST OFFICE REORGANISATION, '' jtj, • Sydney, April ■ si-;.;;;;'M|ffi . The much-needed reorganisation 'of -; I|r9|.|1 j fc postal and telegraph service ' haß^';beei||ra| , commenced, a start being made with 98k| | a accountancy branch. . \ ■1 CHAFFINCH MINE CASE. .VtSffli ~.::■■'. ' 1 ERTHj Aptll ,On ( pil jfc ugj Dyason, one of the defendants in titj \ .[ late Chaffinch case, is claiming, s)looiJi I| ■ from the Government to reimburse hu^ij.i|| ; ra for expenses and; loss - incurred & his arrest and in defending himself. • 'T'v.f'i|ffi CHANCE FOR TOWN-PLANNERS. • ||S ■ ■■.':■■'■■■ Meubockne, April ''Sj^jJPS _■ :, -The Federal Government ;is - issuing ;j an ,'% m " open invitation to city designers of die || jsj world to compete for £3000 offered a^-BJIH " prizes for a suitable scheme for :' thrt v t\\i\t- • Federal capital. Twenty model sites wi&'&UllB be prepared, and will be exhibited .at.-£onip -',j/ 'JB veniont centres throughout the world : l< ' fflU the benefit of competitors. "^'"iffiffl ' BAPTIST ■ OONGREsi.:>-i|||p! M :'; f . 'MSlßOr^sx,''April l';]'i,TOjffl| * The Baptist Congreea adopted: a ''fcs&A'.:|[rfflutiori expressing' hearty sympathy.:'wS%'|h| the- workers of .the Commonwe^th":acd : : .;||ra New Zealand in. their just aims and;.ajs-t':'js|| J-1 pirations for a fair distribution of Hl^l|i||© •0 greater equality of opportunity, and -Jl?*^J-|m f ter' conditions of -living. Another-l'^solu<v;||i|j .-;; tion. favoured fostering /Internationa^|ffl| amity and goodwill, viewing with disap^W poujitmenll and alarm."the amazing multi» r , jty'<'.\ '■' plication of armaments by the /grteai'||iii Powers. Every Baptist minister in the mm t. Commonwealth and New Zealand will ba »|| asked to read the resolution from ,'tK^^HH [e UNION OF THE CHURCHES., * t }W 1 if . Sydney, April s. i: '. i || T '|| «D ' Lord Chelmsford presided over a Jargi||||i;i gathering of representatives of the ,Pkb-;jRH| byterian, Methodist, and Congregation tl; -V ? jj Churche*, which a. resolution-'^^^{«ffl ing the principle of .union. L&rd Olielme-K '|||H ford deplored tho alienation which at pre- -Mm sent existed of vast masses of .peoplii .inaa..:;|lgj the churches. It was difficult to find principal reason, and he was not |{oiag .JHH ■*: to suggest one. Other - speakers e^''|H|| hopeful, of the ultimate union ■; of '. the|iß}|y - churches there represented. The spij|it ■ *M?i : unionism' was growing. ' j' '4> j^-gHH