AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 964, 14 March 1917, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

m —■ FIRE AT NARRABEAN. P'j Cable. — Press Association — Copyright. SYDNEY, March 13. A fire destroyed fifteen business premises at Narrabean. The damage is estimated at £40,000. SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON. SYDNEY, March 13. Sir Ernest Shaekleton was accorded a civic reception at the Tcwn Hall. THE CIVIL SERVICE. (Received March 14, 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 14. The New South Wales Government has announced that there will be no retrenchment in the Public Service. ANTI-SHOUTING BILL WANTED. (Received March 14, 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 14. The Methodist Conference carried a motion urging the introduction of an Anti-shouting Act on the lines of the New Zealand Act. IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES. (Received March 14, 10.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 14. Tn the House of Representatives, during the debate on the Tariff Validation Bill. Dr Maloney expressed the hope that Mr Hughes would protect the country against the importation of wicked extravagances in non-essentials. CRUISER BRISBANE COMPLETED. (Received March 14, 10.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE. March 14. In the House of Representatives, Mr Joseph Cook (Minister of the Navy) said that the cruiser Brisbane was completed, and was now serving with the rest of the fleet. He stated that she had cost double the amount of the other vessels in the fleet.