AUSTRALIAN INTERCOLONIAL CABLE ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 3 July 1914, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN INTERCOLONIAL CABLE ITEMS

♦ ... - tfiy 'Electric Telegraph— €opywnghi.) (Per United Press Association.) WELCOME RAIN. * ; SYDNEY, July 2. Rain continues to be beneficial throughout the State. • SYDNEY BUILDINGS. . SYDNEY, July 2. During the last year 9,828 buildings were erected in the Metropolitan area at a cost of .£6,929,994. This is a record. , STATE BONUSES. MELBOURNE, July 2The baby bonuses paid, last year absorbed ,£1 ,086, 105 and old age and m valid pensions PRICE OF SUGAR. MELBOURNE, July 2. Tlie Colonial Sugar Company has raised its prices 10s a ton. -'■ • STATE ENTERPRISE A FAILURE. MELBOURNE, July 2. The Minister of Railways referred o the miserable failure of the. attempt to establish State brick works at Wonthaggi. When all accounts are settled it will represent a loss of- over .£IO,OOO. BIG PROPERTY DEAL. I SYDNEY, July 2. One of the biggest deals in, city property ever recorded has been effected by the sale of the Mutual Life Cham bcrs at the corner of Martin Place land Pitt Street for £122.000. The j Mercantile Mutual Insurance Coy are the purchasers. • TASMANIAN POLITICS. HOBART, July. 2r Mr. Solomon (Leader of the Opposition) moved a motion -of censure on the Government that the action oi 1 the Premier in accepting office subject to certain conditions and subsequently refus-'ng to carry out such con editions was subbersive of every prin[ciple of good government This did I not meet with the approval of the House, and the motion was negatived by 14 votes to 13. . WESTRALIAN POLITICS. : PERTH, July 2. . The Governor opened Parliameiit, The speech foreshadowed constitutior al and land-law reforms and the cdnstruction of six new railways. ' Tht Premier 'introduced a bill providing for a popular initiative and referendurr The leader of the Opposition condsmr I the waste of public money in *>tat< enternrises which d'd not pay expenses The Premier warmly claimed that the} 'had bcnefiKted the public. Large bo: rowinir and spending had preventec financial chaos. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. ; . , SYDNJEY July 2. Senator Wynne, referring to the* all red cable route, said that the genera opinion was that wifeless -was gain? Uo -supercede the cable system yen 1 shortly.. Message would be transmit ttd to England and Australia chiefl; by this -means. At present Australi; was erecting a powerful station at Dai win, enabling direct messages to b sent to Sihgapor-e, - continuing by th "all -red" wireless, system. ' It w.a much cheaper to erect and' equip . wir less stations than to' lay a cable acros the Atlanti(C. . •