THE COMMONWEALTH
MA^DESmTER-ARRESTED. Australian and N.Z. Cable" Assn. ' MELBBOURNE, Oct. 3. .Kriss Jensen, a Russian, has beten remanded on a charge ,of deserting from the Port Kembla on September 12. It appears Jensen joined the Port , Kembla in England as a greaser, and worked aboard until the last 'moment before the vessel sailed.
DROP IN BEVENTIE: . INCREASE IN'WAR PENSIONS. |-' Tlie Customs review shows a serious ■■decrease for the three months ended .September 30. The receipts fell £1,117J000 as compared with, the last corresponding quarter. War pensions are steadily Increasing; and now represent on annual liability'of £2,015,000. OVERCROWDING IN MELBOURNE. A' Housing Commission reported condemning , the- health' law of Melbourne, and and 'stating that it found -appalling overcrowding and lamentably ,lax, observance ojj' health precautions. ' ~
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16356, 4 October 1917, Page 5
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