AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16607, 3 December 1919, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

BIG FIRE IN SYDNEY. ! By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright, j (Received Dec. 3, 10.45 a.m.) I SYDNEY, Dec. 3. ' A fire gutted John Keep and Sons' hardware warehouse in tho city early this morning. The damage is estimated at m*»ny thousands.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Keep’s six-story building, containing heavy stocks, was completely gutted. Tho sparks lighted Bromfield’s five-story ship-chandlery two streets away, which was practically gutted. There is no estimate of the damage.—Reuter. QUARANTINE AGAINST CANADA. MELBOURNE, Nov. 2. The quarantine authorities are advised that there has been an extensive outbreak of smallpox in Canada. Precautions will be taken.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. THREE CHILDREN DROWNED. SYDNEY, Dec. 2. Tho bodies of three children, aged 11, 13 and 16 years, were found in the Richmond River at Kgoglo. It is believed that a boy got out of his depth while bathing, and two sisters, in an attempt to rescue him, were also drowned.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INFLUENZA IN TASMANIA. (Received Doe. 3, 1.10 p.m.) HOBART, Dec. 3. Sixteen fresh cases of npeumonic' influenza have been .notified, fourteen at Zeehan. SOLDIERS’ WAR GRATUITY. (Received Dec. 3, 1.10 p.m.) HOBART, Dec. '3. The Tasmanian Government has decided to cash, the war gratuity bonds. SUBSIDY FOR CHILDREN. (Received Dec. 3, 1.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, Deo. 3. The Nationalist Party approved the Government’s proposal to subsidise all children in excess of two in any one family and appointed a committee to prepare schemes. ’ TASMANIAN STATE SHIPS. (Received Dec. 3, 1.10 p.m.) HOBART, Dec. 3. Tho Government is asking Parliament to authorise tho purchase or construction of six steamers at a cost of half a million. DISTRIBUTION OP CANTEEN PROFITS. By Telegraph—PreSii Assn.—Copyright. (Received Deo, 2, 10.55 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 2. The Government has decided to distribute the canteen profits to dependents of deceased soldiers. NORTHERN TERRITORY SENATOR. (Received - Dec. 2, 10.55 a.m.) , MELBOURNE, Dec. 2. ‘i The Federal Government has an- 1 nounced that they are giving the j Northern Territory a representative in the Senate, who will bo entitled to ( speak and vote on. all territorial ques- j tions. J STUDY OF TROPICAD DISEASES. | (Received Deo. 2, 10.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 2. An expedition from the London Tropical School of Medicine has arrived en route to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands to investigate tropical diseases.