THE COMMONWEALTH
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN
(Br Cubic— Fress Association—Copyright.) (AaatraUnn and N.Z. Cable Association.; LONDON, March A South Australian loan ot £1,400,000 has been issued at 5)/, carrying oj per cent.' interest, to replace the. I per cent, st-ock bonds maturing <ui April Ist. The loan was quickly underwritten. The net yield to investors will be about 119s per cent. LIMITING LUXURY IMPORTATIONS MELBOURNE, March 25. The Federal Government is appointing a Board to enquire into importations and formulate a scheme to limit the importation of luxuries. HOWELL PRICE SENTENCED. (Received March l!6t!i. 7.43 p.m.) SYDNEY. March 20. Lieutenant Howell Price. I'ouml guilty of misappropriating Defence funds, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude on each of two charges, the sentence* to be concurrent.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15860, 27 March 1917, Page 4
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