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AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

YOUTHFUL IMMIGRANTS. BRANCH OF DR. BARNARDO'S. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.5, a.m.) SYDNEY. April 12. A branch of Dr. Barnado's Home is to be established in New South Wales. A building has been purchased to accommodate 100 boys. Arrangements have been made for 50 to be sent out immediately. SYDNEY'S INFANT MORTALITY. ABNORMALLY HIGH RATE. SYDNEY. April 12. • Dr. J. S. Purdy, metropolitan medical officer of health, reported to-day that the infant mortality rate during the past six months was abnormally high, rising to over 10 per cent, in January, th'o chief causes being whooping cough, enteritis, and diarrhoea. ROUGH SEAS OFF MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE. April 12. Owing to heavy weather on the coast several steamers have been delayed, including the'Paloona and the Kaiapoi. CHEAPER WHEAT FOR MILLERS. MELBOURNE. April 12. The Wheat Board has decided to provide millers with wheat for gristing into flour for export at the world's parity price. CARPENTERS' NEW UNION. SYDNEY, April 12. Carpenters' unions throughout the Commonwealth have effected an amalgama-

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17754, 13 April 1921, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17754, 13 April 1921, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17754, 13 April 1921, Page 7