HOMEWARD BOUND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 245, 13 October 1908, Page 5

HOMEWARD BOUND.

(Received 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. H.M.S. Gibraltar has sailed for Plymouth with time-expired crews from tie warships of the Australian station. AEON WRECK ABANDONED. (Beceived 0.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The. Sydney' underwriters interested in the cargo of the wrecked steamer Aeon have, decided to take no action regarding salvage, leaving the matter in the hands of the London Underwriters' Association. FEDERAL BUDGET. | (Received 9.40 a.m.) i MELBOURNE, this day. Sir Wm. Lyne, Federal Treasurer, delivers his Budget speech to-morrow. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.. I (Received 9.40 a.m.) ! ADELAIDE, this day. i The Government has purchased the Mount Sehanck estate of 40,000 acres for closer settlement. AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICES. I (Received 9.40 a.m.) I MELBOURNE, this day. j A return has bees prepared showing (that there are 7523 post offices in Aus- i j trails., one for every 558 persons. | j FEDERAL CAPITAL. i I SYDNEY, October 12. I The. Sfra'* Cabinet has decided to treat ! the Fcdr.r»l Government in a liberal man-1 jeer in th= matter of the area, required for j the site ef !he Federal capital, in the j Yias distmisi, «Jvo to grive the FcdoroJ jterriiry aac*r- *o jrcrvis Bay. ;