AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
o COAL VEND CASE. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrignt. United Press Association. Sydney, .1 id v 21. In the vend ease Mr Mitcnci!, counsel for the shipowners, admitted that in 1906-7 the people experienced difficulty in obtaining the class of coal they wanted. That, no said, was i;i consequence of the exceptionally huge demand for foreign markets, Inn there was no suggestion cr any difficulty since 1908. COMMONWEALTH DII’ORiS. Melbourne, July 21. The Commonwealth imports for the last financial year amounted to £54,691,004, compared with 54,591,000 for the - previous year. Imports totalled £42,038,317 six years ago. As the tariff lias increased so has the imports. DOUBLE RAILWAY FATALITY. Sydney, July 21. A double railway fatality occurred at Newton station. John Fraser, a ganger, and John Castle, a tettler, were working on the line, when a train dashed into them, killing them instantly. Both were terribly mutilated.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 128, 22 July 1911, Page 5
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