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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 96, 22 April 1916, Page 6

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(Received 9.15 a.m.) HUGE PATRIOTIC FUNDS. ./"..- ;'. - SYDNEYy.this day., ' The New South Wales, patriotic f lines al'the end of ISfafiii! totalled .£2,201,001. and. those of Victoria £116,986.; • PUBLICANS OWN POLICE.^ liIEtBOURXE, this day. - llie Victuallers' Association .is taking drastic action to remove pritctices inimical to thfe trade..; It is picking hotels to see that the business is conducted' properly. 'If after a ,'caution drunkenness be the.AsSociay tidh's solicitor will .ojppose the renewal of the license. STATE FIR3E INSURAKCE. BRISBAJfE, this day. . The Government announces the establisbmeni of a State Fire Insurance Department. DAMP EASTER IN STDNEY. SYDNEY, Ap>il 21. A. heavy downpour tliie afternoon spoilt the "holiday.' Steady rain' after' wards set in, andtlie outlook for the races,is not promising.-:■'.-• '" ~' "' HIS OWN REVOLVER. . ' SYDNEY, April 21. -■ In connection with , the' robbery, by. two masked men at the Leetbn Water Conservation office,- .it transpires that the cashier Doyle was wounded by his own revolver while struggling with jthe intruders. The latter were not'armed,' as was at first repoftedi HARVESTER WORKS BURNED. ■ : itIELBOURNE, April 21. : \ The stores depot at,. the Sunshine i Harvester works has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. " ," I . DEARER DRINKS. . MELBOURNE, April 21. The Licensed Victuallers' Association has increased the. prices of liquor all round; Spirits costing over 60/ per case will no\v be 9d a dfiuk and tii6se uhder 00/ per case 7d adrink.