AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14895, 22 January 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

. EXTENDING A GOODS YARD. ' (Received January^.. 5-3 p.rx.) _//■;. _, : , .. : /Sy»>iby, January 21* . The Government is resuming fifteen and a-half acres at .Alexandria for thai extension of the railway goods yards. Thei work will * necessitate; " s demolishing . 280 houses. ->- " : , .• • - -ii •'.' -■ • ■ ;, : ! CHAIRMAN OP THE, SHI2QWKIRS« Melbot;en*, Jahuajy 20. Mr. W. T. Appleton, managing director of the Huddait-Parker Company, has beet* TC-elected chairman of the Australian Shipowners' Association. • "'•''.'... OONfEREtfOE OF PREMIERS. . ■ IvrKLßOtraxK/ January 20. The Premiers' Conference carried reso* lutfltois appointing a committee to in* :, quire into questions of double income tax; bringing the various States* company, law into accord with British law to* further investigate, the question of day* light saving; and asking tho Fed«ar»l ■Government to appoint a Royal Comnus* , Bion to inquire into the carriage Mid dfc ; posal of Australian produce in Britain antf foreign countries,, ' ' „," ' <' / I ' HI Mi '4>' *," r ' A RICH VHW OF GOLD. ;. Stdnet, January 20. i A rich lode has been (struck in th« | Long Tunnel mine at GuridagaL, r Twij dishes of quartz dolJied 2720z. y'':>,' ; '" '-'.[- , THE NAVAL COLLEGE SITE. Sydney, January 20. Senator PsaT"c& (Federal Minister fosj .Defence) Has, announced that Captain's Point, Jervis Bay, has been finally selected as a site for the temporary naval college.,