AUSTRALIAN NEWS
DEATH RATE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright SYDNEY, April 1!!. The official statistics show that 26,333 deaths occurred in New South Wales in 1919, which is 32.5 per cent, above the quinquennial average The increaso is duo to the influenza epidemic, fwhich caused 6387 deaths. STAND AM)' BOOTS AND CLOTHING. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright MELBOURNE, April 12. The Commonwealth Bureau of Industry has submitted to boot and clothing manufacturers suggestions for the standardisation of these products with a view to cheapening prices. Tho scheme is receiving consideration. INTER-STATE FARES AND FREIGHTS. SYDNEY. April 12. Tho fares on inter-Stato shipping have been increased by 20 per cent. Freights aro also being increased. SQUARE NICKEL COINAGE. MELBOURNE, April 12. Tho Federal Government has decided to issue a square nickel penny und halfpenny. A STEAMER REFLOATED. ■ SYDNEY, April 12. After lightering, the steamer Angbinish was refloated. Tho Anghinish is a 3000-ton steamer which went ashore at Montague Island while bound from Port Pino to Newcastle with a cargo of iron oro.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10562, 13 April 1920, Page 6
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