AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4601, 3 July 1917, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Australian and , thryea?was 5 m539,000, anhicrease of £836,000. The’expenditure wj* £19,553,000, an increase of £1,204,0UU compared with the A eal A IGre -It is officially stated that them fcfi ™'£mg days lost .VC.-0 i,078.930 and the loss m wages- £967,604. At the end of 1916 the members of trades union employed were 6.7 per cent compared with 11 per cent, at the end of 19 The triennial municipal elections for the whole State resulted m the rout of the Labor candidates, i * jorities were obtained in only three instances. ~ • The Darwin by-election resulted in the return of a Nationalist, Mi. Spence, by a majority of 600. The State revenue for the year was M 1,333.004, |163,‘04. The revenue for the year .was £4,869,119, an increase of £012,102, but £4669 less than the Treasurer’s estimate. .

THE TOTALISATOR TAX

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 2, 10.35 p.m.) V SYDNEY, July 2. The totalisator 'revenue is disappointing. Mr. Holman estimated, the yield at £200,000 for the current financial year. It only returned £6346.

STUD SHEEP SALES,

At the'stud sheep sales bidding was .brisk. Prices favored buyers. Only a limited number of good merinos was offered. Flock rams are scarce. Tlie top merino ram fetched 320 guineas, and another ram 310 guineas.

HEAVIER PENSIONS IN AUS-

TRALIA.

MEL.BOURNE, July 2. . New Federal regulations have been issued granting far-reaching concessions and separation allowances to, soldiers and their dependants. Tne total war pensions granted are 44,994 and the annual liabilities £1,638,799.