AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1358, 20 June 1918, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE MAKAMBO By Calk. — Press Association. — Copyright. SYDNEY, June 19. The captain of the Makambu sent out fi wireless message to-day 1 that the vessel was still hard and fast on the rocks, and all efforts to refloat her had so far failed. The .steamer Induna has been dispatched from Sydney to assist in the salving operations. Miss Real-don, of Wilton, Khyber Pass, Auckland, it passenger by the Makambo, was drowned, supposedly bv the upsetting of a boat in the surf while the passengers were landing. She was returning from a holiday trip to Norfolk Island. " CARMICHAEt/S THOUSAND." SYDNEY, June 19. A demonstration, reminiscent of the days of the early contingents, marked the march of Captain Carmichael's thousand recruits through the streets prior to their embarkation. Great, enthusiastic crowds compelled the breaking of the fours formation into a straggling, single file of march. LOAN EXPENDITURE. # SYDNEY, June 19. The Minister of Works informed a deputation that the Government's loan expenditure during the coming financial year' would he limited to £4,000,000." GERMANS DOOMED. , SYDNEY, June 19. The Governor-General, speaking at Murwillumbah, said that the Press descriptions of the military situations this vear had not been very fair. He knew more, and had better sources of information, than the Press, and added:--"! tell you most emphatically that there is no chance of the Germans taking Paris, Calais, or Amiens. The Germans are staking all on the West front, but they are doomed to failure." QUEENSLAND SUGAR. <Rc*. June 20, 10.55) MELBOURNE, June 20. The Queensland Government has accepted the offer of the Federal Government of 21/- per ton for the Sugar crop.