AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
, w j v ~ - •••■' " " TEN COLLIERIES IDLE. - DISPUTES ABOUT TRIFLES. . Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association. '(R€odT l?. 15 a.m. ; ; SYDNEY. Mar.l 9. . ChHngi. io trivial disputed, 10 collieries ' .» on-: the Northern -field are idle, and 1850. - miners "are unemployed. • ©EsraTJonvE ; BiTSff FIRES. PERTH* Mar. 19 • Serious bush fires in the past week in • "the - south-western districts of Western Australia destroyed many homesteads and devastated miles of country. Enormous . damage has been done. * , ... : PENNY postage too costly. (Reed. 1.5 p.m.) ' MELBOURNE, Mar. 19. The Postmaster-General eta tea that it. " "is ; not possible for - Australia to return to ' penny postage, as has been suggested. • It would, "he -says, be too costly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18663, 20 March 1924, Page 8
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