AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 121, 14 July 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CREMATION. (Received, 14, 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, July 14. In the Assembly Mr Holman stated that a sum had been voted on the estimates for the establishment of a crematorium. Dr. Thompson, president, of the Board of Health, in discussing the Tuberculosis Commission’s report, reaffirms the fact that the chief cause of human infection is the direct transmission from mankind to mankind. FEDERAL CAPITAL. ) Melbourne, July 14. It is estimated that the Homo Affairs Department has acquired 300,000 acres of privately-owned land at YassOanberra for Federal Capital purposes at £2 per aero. A QUESTION OF AMALGAMATION Sydney, July 14. A ballot of depositors in the New South Wales savings bank resulted in an overwhelming majority against amalgamation with the Government savings bank, but Mr Carmichael declares that the ballot was not representative, and he intends to proceed with the Amalgamation Bill. TRAIN ACCIDENT. Hobart, July 14. A train was rounding a curve at Penguin, when the engine left the line, dragging a passenger carriage, which crashed into a box truck. The end compartment was smashed, but fortunately the passengers were all in other compartments and escaped injury. TRADE SECRETS. Melbourne, July 14. Judge Moule has decided that a trade secret known by a bankrupt cannot be treated as a tangible asset. A BIG LANDSLIDE.

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A landslide of a hundred tons of earth fell on a new bridge on the Western railway. A passenger train ran into the fall and was derailed. There were no injuries. COMMONWEALTH REVENUE. Melbourne, July 13. The Customs and excise revenue for the twelve months throughout the Commonwealth is £12,911,087; New South Wales £5,341,199. DISABLED BARQUE COLLIDES WITH A TUG. Sydney, July 13. The barque Rrummuir arrived today from Algo Bay. She was dismasted in a gale on June sth, and came along under jury rig. Off Sydney she collided with the tug Heroine, severely damaging the latter. HEAVY RAINS. Sydney, July 13. Heavy rains have fallen over the central and coastal districts,