AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
Frees Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, September 24. (Received September 24, at 10.35 a.m.) Tlio public of New South Wales have subscribed over £4,000, COO to patriotic funds during the past year. MELBOURNE, September 24.,, It is unofficially stated that the Federal Government in future will only pay the maternity bonus where the total income does Hot exceed £250 a year. SYDNEY, September 24. (Received September 24, at 1 p.m.) X’he new meat schedule raises the wholesale price of beef 8s per 1001b, and the retail price of beef is increased an average of Id per lb, though the best cuts aro advanced* 2d or sd. Mutton is advanced id per lb all round. Lamb is practically unchanged. The New Auditor-General’s annual report utters a stern warning against pseudo prosperity and lavish expenditure as an outcome of the war. The swing back of the pendulum will be severe, and it behoves us to make preparation for leaner days ahead while there is time.
It is anticipated that the New Zealand system will be adopted in connection with tire scheme for compulsory subscriptions to the war loan.
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Evening Star, Issue 16847, 24 September 1918, Page 4
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192AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS Evening Star, Issue 16847, 24 September 1918, Page 4
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