London, June 19.
The House of Commons approved the finance bill today after Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, warned the House that a second bill "must be regarded inevitable."
He stated that Government "will endeavour to see that all sections of the community are called on to bear a fair proportion (of the costs entailed), without which victory could not be achieved."—Havas, Mines in Tasman Sea Wellington, N.Z, June 20.
A mine had been discovered m the locality where the British steamer Niagara (13,415 tons) sank in the Tasman Sea, declared the Prime Minister, Mr. P. Fraser, in the House of Representátives yesterday.
This, he said, answered the quéstion as to how the liner met her fate, All necessary steps were being taken to dispose of the menace.
Passengers and the crew had reached port, and as far as could be ascertained there was no loss of life, Mr. Fraser added,—Reuter,
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