COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 34, 8 February 1913, Page 8

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, February 6. The Unionists at Portland are considering a project to establish co-op-erative cement works, and raise a capital of £20,000 by levying 3d a wren on unionists in Now South Wales and other States. Tne bush lires did serious damage to grass, fencing and buildings at Waterloo, including the cemetery. Thousands of slump perished over twenty miles of the country between Elaine and Lethbridge. The Rev. James Ronald has issued a writ against Robert Harper for £IO,OOO damages for fraudulently procuring a verdict in the action Ronald versus Harper, which was heard in May, 1909. Hobart, February 7. Bush lires are burning fiercely on most of the hills surrounding the town, especially in the vicinity of Fern Tree. Adelaide, February 7. Mr 11. Barr Smith has presented £IO,OOO to the University to build a common hall for the professors and students which will form the nucleus of a residential college. Brisbane, February 7. It is feared that the schooner Dancing Wave has foundered. Extensive damage has been done by a cyclone and floods in the Behana Creek district. A house was washed away, and several farmers lost their crops and implements. .