AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12318, 1 December 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn.-r-By : Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, IJovemben,3o. The State Tevenue for five month b was £5,781,570, an increase of £126,400. Tn tho Assembly, ' Mr M'cUowen stated tl^at the Government would carry out their election pledge to provide all necessairy. school bookis and requisites, and so make education iii State schools absolutely free. ■ In tlio Assembly, Mr Wade gave notice of his intention j^o move that the • Federal proposals for the alteration of the constitution were unnecessary, unfair to the State, and should bo resisted. (Received December 1, 9.30 a.m.) /•;• SYDNEY, December I. During the voyage of the barque Lady Elizabeth from Gallao to Newcastle, two sailors,- who were suffering from malaria/ jumped overboard: and disappeared. At a conversazione tendered to Lord Mayor.- Taylor and his wifej the Gover-nor,'-'oti behalf of: the citizens, presented thorn with a gold arid silver scroll. MELBOURNE, November 30. An outbreak of pleuro has ocrcuvred ,at Younatha. The infected areas havobeeri utrictly quarantined. , R^ELBOURNE, December 1 1. The r Harbor Trust considered tnotmbject of '., the unsoaworthiness of tho steamer Papanui.- v The ownqrs want to go cilse where to effect ropairs, but refuse to state where. Tho Trust decided to r interview the Marine B»avd. The •Papaimi ' ia now flying tho Nicaraguan flag. ; Over 60 per cent of the butter exported from the Commonwealth this year was from Victoria, whence the shipments show an incraese of 2202 tons. The employers 'have agreed to grant bricklayers Is , 6d per hour for 44 hours per week for tho next two years. . '■".'. This year £15,000 will be spent in advertising the Comniohwealth.' ' It 1 is estimated that 12,000 invalids and 16,000, women will apply for Commonwealth pensions, which will involve an increased payment of £70^000. Tho Federal Parliament has been prorogued till February, but will not meet until September. : ' ' . The new Commonwealth notes go into circulation to-day. . ■ PERTH, November 30. Tlie seismograph, at the Observatory recorded a severe earth tremor on Suinday; morning. . ' ' The official report of the Broonie cyclone shows thaV 67 peiu*ling bo|its wei 1 © blown ashore, 28 s-unk at their mooring. I},1 }, and, 10 ai ¥ e still missing,! six of thorn having been known to have sunk. There is . no hope of the others. Eleven bodies of colored men have been recovered, and 40 more are known to have perished. Three whites aro known to have been drowned. The estimated damage to pearling vessels is from £14,000 to £20^000. PE«.T«, December 1. Another rush • has Bet in at Gimlet country, near Orabanda. It is stated that assays to 30 ounces per ton haVe been fnado. „, > ; A portion of clothing found at North Perth has been identified by neighbors as similar to that worn by tho missing girl, EtHol Harris. ,