AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10957, 23 December 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

] [By Rmxthk: Telegraph—Copyright.] (I'k.l! Press Association.) WATFK .SHORTAGE. Sydney. December 22. The water shortage continues in some suburbs, and without warning they were left waterless for hours. There I was a great outcry against the Water ; Board, which stopped supplies for garden and street watering, and have issued an urgent appeal to householders to use the water sparingly. Tt Ls hoped the depleted reservoirs will he refilled early next week. SAVINGS BANKS. Sydney, December 23. Referring to the Victorian Savings Bank Bill, Mr Dacey states that New South Wales already has power to establish the agencies sought in the . southern^States, and the Government is ; establishing twenty-four agencies in centres which are most affected by the stoppage of the post office doing business, and others are being rapidly pushed on. TYPHOID QUTBREAK. Sydney, December 23. A serious outbreak of typhoid has occurred at the Burrinjuck irrigation works. The health officer recommends the burning of the houses in order to prevent the possibility of contagion in the water* supply. OBITUARY. Mr Greene, a Legislative Councillor, and one of the largest wheat-growers in the State. MELBA SEASON. Sydney, December 23. Melba concluded her Sydney opera season yestereve be'fore an enormous and enthusiastic audience. AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES. Melbourne, December 23. The Government has decided to stal automatic telephones atjGeelong in order to test the system with a view to ascertaining whether it would be justified in extending it throughout the Commonwealth. VANDALISM. Sydney, December 23. The public school at Woolloomooloo i was badly damaged by fire as the result of an act of vandalism. A number 1 of youtlis were seen escaping shortly j after the outbreak . It was discovered that a quantity of instruments had J been broken or stolen. LABOR LOAN. ' Perth, December 23. In the Assemblv the Premier intro- i duced a Loan Bill" for £2,142,000. The chief items are railways and agricultural development. Air Seadden denied ■• that the Laborites were a non-borrow-ing party, and said loan expenditure ' must continue at a high rate for five J years. ,