AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 15481, 1 May 1914, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

THE SHIPPING TRADE,

ANOTHER GERMAN COMPETITOR.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

SYDNEY, April 30.

The Haraburg-Amerika Shipping Line is entering the Australian trade, having contracted to carry ore from Port Pirie (S.A.) to AntwerpCUSTOMS FRAUDS. HEAVY FINE IN MOTOR CASE. "SYDNEY, April 50. The High Court of Australia to-day imposed a fine of £1,350 on GeoTge lunes for having made false entries concerning 20 shipments of motor cars. CABINET AND CAUCUS.

SEEMING WIN FOR MR HOLMAN,

SYDNEY, May 1. (Received May 1, at 10.30 a.m.)

The New South Wales Labor party hav© abandoned the Caucus meeting which had been arranged for next Monday, and at which it was expected that the dispute with Mi- Holman as to whether Cabinet or Caucus should make Legislative Council appointments would have been ventilated. No other da,te has been fixed for a Caucus in substitution of the abandoned one. RAILWAYS ELECTRIFICATION. PROGRESS IN~MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, May 1. The Victorian Railway Commissioners have let a contract for £259,121 for the supply of cables in connection with the electrification of the city and suburban railways of Melbourne. SMALLPOX. "SYDNEY, May 1. Two fresh cases of smallpox have been reported in the city.

NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES.

WELCOME REVENUE INCREASES,

SYDNEY, May 1 (Received May 1, at 9.35 a.m.)

The State revenue is booming, the returns for the first 10 months of the financial vear (endin? June 30) showing an increase of £1,262,871.

CONSUMPTION CURE

TESTS TO BE MADE IN SYDNEY.

SYDNEY, May 1,

Dr Pacefc, of Perth, who intended to proceed either to America or England to test his alleged cure for consumption (complaining that the West Government would not afford him facilities to do so at Perth), is to remain in Sydney to test his cure.