AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
I THE COMMONWEALTH BUDGET. GOOD RAINS IN WESTRALIA. [press association.] (Received August 19, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Country reports indicato that the wheat area this year is somewhat less than that of last year. Rain is urgently wanted. MELBOURNE, This Day. The postal and telegraphic services of tho Commonwealth last, year resulted in a loss of over £46,000, though the Now South Wales, Victoria, and South Australian Departments made a profit of £i? 3,000. Sir George Turner, Treasurer, will deliver the Federal Budget about the beginning of October. Ho expects that the tariff will show a return of about £8,942,000. PERTH, This ©ay. Good rain has fallen in mnny parts of tho State. As much ns five inches fell at Albany, and mnny premises art flooded. There have been extensivo washawaya on the railways. Bullion to the value of £80,000 has been shipped to London.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 43, 19 August 1902, Page 5
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148AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 43, 19 August 1902, Page 5
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