AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue 13050, 12 January 1917, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.J Per Press Association. (Australian, and N.Z. Cable Assn.) .Received January 11, at 10.20 p.m. Sydney. January 11. The weather continues hot. Amongst the miany high thermometer readings in the country is Bourke 115 degrees. Bush fires are prevalent. Received January 12, at 9.15 a.in Sydney, January 12. The unionists generally do not lavor daylight, saving. Brisbane. Januarv 12.

The Northern railway services dislocated by the floods have been restored. It is stated that it will/take two years to restore the Peak Downs district to its former state. One station alone lost 1(500 stud lambs.

Received January 11, at 9.20 p.m. Sydney, January 11. Rich gold has been struck near -Sunny Corner. One .thousand ounces of stonefrom the pocket shows more gold than quartz.

Prospectors estimate the reef will go 100 ounces to the ton. So far the reef h;vs been traced 300 feet. Previously several line nuggets had: been unearthed, one weighing 20 ounces. Received January 12, at 9.35 a.m. Perth, January 12. There was an exciting meeting at the Goldfields Council of the Labor Federation, in Calgoorlie Trades Hall. Senator Lynch, the Federal Minister of Works, was invited to attend and! explain alleged statements wherein he. called anti-conscriptionists mongrels, pro-Germans, and' Huns. Mr Lynch admitted the latter, but denied the use of the terni mongrels. Uproar ensued, culminating in'a fight between Lynch and one of the delegates. Blood was drawn, and while tins combatants were being separated the lights were extinguished', so that the proceedings closed in general disorder.