AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12469, 20 March 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn.'— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) (Received March 20, 10.15 a.m.) BRISBANE!, March 20. Sir William, has returned from a Visit to America. He strongly support* the referenda proposals. (Received March 20, 0.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 20. Gundagai is besieged with a plague of grasshoppers. They are so thick m places that people are' unable to drive Vehicles through them. They aro eating everything , green. Commenting on the New Zealand Drink Bill, a Sydney paper states that it proves consistently w ( ith the experience of the past that improved prosperity has led to a greater indulgence. Perhaps the energy and enthusiasm concentrated m obtaining votes against licenses might more profitably be directed less against the licensed traffic than against the liquor itself. New Zealand's experience suggests that at all events the people of the Dominion have not yet arrived at a solution of the drink question. : MELBOURSNE,, March 18. In co^ebtion wit hi the St. PatMckrs Day cefeb.rAiionjs, E-arl Dudley was 1 presented ' with'Un uddress stating that his generous advocacy of justice to Ireland, placed Irishmen 'under a lasting obligation. Lady Dudley was presented with a diamond brooch. 1 (Received Mnrch 20, 8.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 20. The Government is communicating with the Admiralty architects m reference to defects m the destroyers' steering gear. Now steering engines will be obtained m England. The Rechabites celebrated the jubilee of the Order by a picnic. All the States and New Zealand were* represented. The Federal Government have decided to alter the name Palmerston to DarPERTH, March 20. At a garden party at Government House m honor of Cardinal Moran and] other visiting Catholic dignitaries, an address and souvenir memorial were presented to the Cardinal. The speakers included ArcKbiahop Redwood.