AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16941, 16 January 1923, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SYDNEY’S CLIMATE. By Telesrraph—Press Association—Copyright j Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, January 15. j The variableness of Sydney’s climate was illustrated to-day. At two o'clock 1 the thermometer stood at a couple cf j points below 103. At four o’clock, as ■ the result of a southerly blow, whim j enveloped the city in dust and smoke from bush fires, the thermometer had ! fallen to 69. RAIN NEEDED. The continued hot weather and ! parching winds are playing havoc with j garden* end fruit crops. Rain is i greatly needed, as parts of the country ! ar© suffering severely from drought and j bush fires. | IMMIGRATION. During the past year 51.985 Euro- | peons arrived in Sydney, of whom 47,839 were British. These figure©, in view of the recent outcry again-it Italian and Maltese immigration arc regarded as proof that there is no danger of Australia becoming anti - British through immigration. THE LABOUR PARTY. After the declaration of the Senate poll. Senator Grant made it plain that the Labourites did not intend to help to keep Air Hughes in power. He declared that Labour’s first duty was to oust tho discredited National Government. SENATE ELECTIONS. BRISBANE. January 15. Air Crawford, a Nationalist, won the i first State seat in the Senate.