CABLE NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.)

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 91, 18 April 1906, Page 7

CABLE NEW S. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.)

* AUSTRALIAN MEWS. ♦ PROGRESS OF SYDNEY CITY. A LOW DEATH-RATE. [press association.') (Received Apri' 18, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Tho Town Clerk' 6 annual report shows the capital value of Sydney properties for rating purposes to be £45,545,000, an increase of £646,000 on the preceding year. The deatih-rate of the city is the lowest for sight years. DIVERSION OF CAPITAL. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Carruthers, Premier of Now South Wales, states that while a very large amount of Australian monoy hae gone to London for investment, it has not been done suddenly. The- money hits bosn sent pending better securities being available ■here. / AN UNINTENDED TRIP. ADELAIDE, This Day. Captain Pearson, a Nprth Sea and English Channel pilot, was brought on here in tho barque Genista. A terrific gale prevented him from being, landed in England. ARRESTS FOR, SHOPLIFTING. MELBOURNE, This Day. A gang of women has been carrying on systeniatised shoplifting for home time pa6t, goods having been stolen to the extent of twenty or thirty pounds per day. Two arrests have been made. YEARLING THOROUGHBREDS. SYDNEY, This Daj. At the yearling sales sixty youngsters realised 9925 guineas. A brother of Lord Fitzroy and a sister of Ebullition brought 850 guineas each. NEW ZEALAND BUTTER-BOXES. SYDNEY, 17th April. At the first annual conference of cooperative dairy factory managers and secretaries, tilio president, referring to the quality of pine used in making but-ter-boxes, said New Zealand pine commended itself as the most reliable wood for the purpose. He had to admit that local pine failed to give the same results as New Zealand. "TWO-UP" PLAYERS FINED. SYDNEY, 17th April. The bulls? of the men arrested — nearly two hundred — in the raid on an alleged "two-up scihool" in Engine-street were before the police court to-day, and pleaded Nob Guilty to die charge preferred against them. l>hey -were* remanded for ii weak. Sev-en pleaded Guilty, and were each fined £5. SALE OF DRAUGHT STALLIONS. „ , SYDNEY, 17tn April. At the- show the following draught stallions were sold : — On account of Mr. Grant, Invercargill ; Colonel Robin, 95 guineas ; Taieri Lad, 55 guineas. On account of Mr. Ohrystal, of Lochiel : H-ostor, 145 guineas — a. record price. BOWLING. SYDNF.Y, 17th April. Hall, of Sydney, beat Stephens, of Victoria, by a point in tlie bowling championship of Australasia.