AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15496, 1 January 1914, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

' '' - . '. 6 - " f HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ; • - —~ WATER RUNNING SHORT. ' , ;■■■.'<. ' —r— - r " ~ -?' '-. By Toleerapi— AssOTiatlon-t-fippyi^th^ SroxuT, December 51.: "■ '. ; : The heat wave continues with, unabfttei ardour throughout the Ooajmonwettlfch, In - V ; numerous places in the country the thermometer . registers well over 100 in tfl«t€%S> shade. . '•v--.v'.;: /■';:'■ Concern is being caused by the; con-••': tinued drought. :In many places there';is;; - : - a shortage in the water supply. SYDNEY CITY S2B¥23£S. CBeeeived December 3t 10.5 p.m.) J - -'~': Sydney, December 31.-.; ■ I Some weeks;, ago the City Council aspointed the then Lord Mayor (Alderman | Cocks) specially to inquire into the city, , , I services. The report now issued states that' j there is a, large amount, of overlapping, and that waste,.due to want of propel | supervision and system, ex^ts*; 1 : It declares • H ■ there is absolute necessity for reorganise .' •tion throughout the whole ' service*. '■■*:'. \ Numerous recommendations are made.,' ; These include that the town clerk shall" be' -. " | relieved of all detail, and made available for all his duties. ,' ,'" .A~' -• ' ;" *' *;; THE SMALLPOX . EPIDEMIC. • (Received: December SI, 6 xun j ', -i .' ."' ■.;-=?, [ ■ ■ Stdket, December.sl. , One case of smallpox is. reported fronja small country town near Sydney. BANKEUFTCY BETTJBKS. , (Received December 81, MS p.m.). Sydney, December 51. ,. ' In connection with, petitions iibank. ruptcy for New South Wales during tia past year, liabilities totalled £208,764, an#flS?& assets £144,037. « •,'v 'c' GREAT SYD»SY : SUE. ;. i] Stdnet, IJeesmber 31. : i.- ;■';;■-; . The ■ insurances -on the-oil warehouse of Messrs. Groth and Company, destroyed by firo yesterday, amount to £30,050, in- ' ' "• eluding £2500 which is hdd by i>» New; Zealand-fefUßsse Company, ,