AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
I A WHEAT DEFICIENCY. % By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, Jan. 16. Mr. Oman announced that the New South Wales; wheat deficiency, according to the Wheat Board, is nearly fourteen Million bushels. FLOI3R MILL BURNED. Melbourne, Jan. 10. Fire destroyed Noske Bros.' flourmill at Natinuilc. The damage is estimated at £55,000. GOVERNMENT BUYS SAWMILLS. : Perth, Jan. 16. The Government Is purchasing the Bouth-West Timber Association's mills for £84,000. GOOD SUGAR PROSPECTS. , Brisbane, Jan. 16. •Splendid rain lias fallen along the whole coastal sugar belt and prospects for the new season are bright. ANOTHER WAR PREDICTION. Sydnev, Jan. 16. Speaking at the Millions' Club General Rosenthal stated that he will be very surprised if we are not called upon to participate in another war within the next year or two.
LABOR AND LIQUOR. Sydney, Jan. 16. Ute Labor Council adopted a motion pledging itself to use eevrv means in its power to assist in the elimination of the liquor industry from the social system.
INFLUENZA IN TASMANIA. Hobart, Jan. J(5. Pneumonic influenza has reappeared. Eight cases are reported in the midland district.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1920, Page 7
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