AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Sydney, February 19. A heat wave is being experienced in the Warren district. Mrs Edwards and two children were lost in the bush, and the woman and one child died of thirst. Tho other child was rescued when nearly dead. (Received 20, 8.10 a.m.) Sydney, February 20.
The population of New South Wales at December 31st was 1,693,391,- an increase for the year of 55,383, the highest recorded in the history of the State. The marriages, numbered 15,275, a record, while the birthrate was the highest since, 1896., 'The death rate, though pot the .recorded, has been less on only four occasions in the last: seven yeajrs. Tlie deaths from cancer totalled 123 f», equal t0,.74 per thousand, shpwingiia steady increase. I . . i 1 A prospector at Hargreaves unearthed twelve pounds of stone containing seven pounds of gold. (Received 20, 9.15 a.m.) Melbourne, February 20. Mr Baillifeu has resigned his portfolio and becomes an honorary Sinister. Mr Edgar succeeds him as Minister for Public WdlM and. Health-
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 47, 20 February 1912, Page 5
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