AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2852, 17 August 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

PLENTY OF MONEY FOR ; INVESTMENT .- QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S • •" EXPERIENCE.' ' By Telezrauh-Prcss Association-Copyright Sydney, August 16. Air J. T. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, has returned. As illustrating immense wealth, lio says tnafc there is so much money lying idle that the'hanks do not.know how to get rid of it. The controllers of ono big concern asked him straight out if he would take a loan for Queensland, statingthat money, was accumulating, and that arrangements for loans to the Dominions could be fixed without delay. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.' London, August 15. : Tlio underwriters receive 8 per cent, of the New South Wales loan. (Rcc. August 16, 7.10 p.m.) London, August 15., The smallness of tlio public subscrip. tion to the Now South Wales loan is not surprising, considering the bank rate, and the growing tondency of investors not to purchaso fill after allotment in the hopo of securing a discount. ITEMS IN BRIEF. CONSCRIPTION MEETINGS TABOOED. Sydney, August 16. In tlio Assembly, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Black) stated that instructiras had been issued prohibiting tho holding of meetings for or against conscription. QUEENSLAND HIBERNIANS AND'' THE "OULD SOD." < Brisbane, August 16. The Hibernian Society has cabled to Mr. Asquith that tho 60ciety, representing 60,000 members in Australia . and New Zealand, enters an emphatio protest at the treatment of Ireland, and demands justice by the immediate operation of the Home Rule Act. HARBOUR DUES ON TRAMP STEAMERS. Sydney, August 16. The Government is introducing a Bill to impose harbour dues on tramp steamers. It is oxpcctcd that the dues will realise £26,000 annually. MUNITIONS MADE IN AUSTRALIA. (Rcc. August 16, 9.30 p.m.) Melbourne, August 16. Senator Pcareo (Federal Minister of Defence) states that tho Imperial authorities have accepted a sample lot of 18-,uounder shell bodies.