THE COMMONWEALTH.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Telegraph—Free* Aeweiation-Copvright Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. (Received February 18, 10.35 a in.) BUILDING TRADE AWARDS. ti February 13. Ihe State Cabinet is discussing an application by the. master builders asking lor suspension of building trade, awards owing to the employees’ refusal to work on Saturdays. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRES: Bush fires in the Victoria ranges have caused extensive damage. HOBART, February 18. Bush fires are raging in the Zeehan ustnet. they destroyed the Little Henty River Railway Bridge ami v, recked the telegraph linos. PRICE OF RAW SUGAR INCREASED. BRISBANE, February ]B. A conference of sugar producers agreed,that_the price of tho next crop, which the Federal Government is buying, shall be increased to £’oo per ton for raw sugar.
SHOOTING
SYDNEY, February 18. The Council of the Rifle Associations of Australia has cabled an invitation to a British team to visit tho Coramonweath this year.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19876, 18 February 1920, Page 7
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