AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINS. ! TOWN PARTLY INUNDATED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, Dec, 5. Torrential rain partly inundated Cootamundra and the surrounding country. The town is in darkness and inter-State telegraph services are interrupted. THE DEARTH OF SUGAR. % GOVERNMENT SUPPLY.ARRANGED MELBOURNE, Dec. 6. The Federal Government has arranged to provide 285,000 tons of sugar to meet requirements to the end of June, 1920. EPIDEMIC PROCLAMATION. VALIDATING BILL PASSED. SYDNEY, Dec. 5. The House of Assembly passed a Bill to validate all proclamations issued during the influenza epidemic. PAPER STORE ON FIRE. £30,000 DAMAGE AT ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE. Dec. 5. The paper store at Port Adelaide belonging to the Adelaide Advertiser was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated" at £30,000. LEGISLATORS' SALARIES. ADVANCED FROM £300 TO £400. PERTH. Dec 5. The Payment of Members Bill increases members' salaries from £300 to £400 a year. DAVIS CUP TEAM. DUE AT FREMANTLE TO-DAY. MELBOURNE. Dec. 5. A wireless has been received stating that the British Davis Cup team expects to reach Fremantle to-morrow.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17336, 6 December 1919, Page 11
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174AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17336, 6 December 1919, Page 11
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