AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
.$. SMALLPOX ON STEAMERS.' PREVALENCE IN CHINA. A. and N.Z. Cable. MELBOURNE. May 12. Cases of smallpox have been discovered on five vessels arriving from Eastern ports during the past five months. The Director of Quarantine states that the disease is very prevalent in China, the Philippines, and the East India?. It is necessary to place vessels from these countries under strict surveillance. ' BENDIGO GOLDFIELD. AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL. MELBOURNE.-May 12. A company is being formed with a capital of £500,000 in two million shares, to acquire and amalgamate 33 mining properties on the Bendigo goldfield. including a number of well-known companies. COMMONWEALTH BANKS. THE PEOPLE'S SAVINGS. ' : SYDNEY. May 12. On March 31, the savings of the people of Australia in the State and Commonwealth banks totalled.£loo,ooo,ooo, represented by 2,501,353 accounts. ; ANTI-TREATING ; .-RESOLUTION, SYDNEY. May 12, , The Presbyterian Assembly has adopted a motion ; urging the introduction of anti." shouting" legislation. "'">'"■■ H-v-f
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16538, 14 May 1917, Page 6
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