AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
POLICE INSPECTOR-GENERAL’S REPORT.
BY OABiiB—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ; SYDNEY, Sept; 3. The report from the Inspector-Gen-eral ,of Police tabled in the Assembly shows that the number of cases dealt with'by the courts in 1923 was 104,519, an increase of - 7530 compared with 1922.
; STRIKES AMONG TIMBER 'y- WORKERS. . PERTH, Sept. 3. Strikes have occurred at several mills in the timber district, owing to the dispute regarding piece work, to which the union objected. hundred men are affected. The Government mills allowed piece-wofrkers to proceed on wages, teamsters receiving £6 weekly and others £5. FAILURE OF SHIPPING :/ COMPANY. SYDNEY, Sent. 3. ; The Court granted the application of the English, Scottish and Australian Bank for winding up Patrick Steamships, Ltd., on the ground that the company was unable to pay its debts. Petitioners’ statement showed that the company owed them £105,000, against which they , had a security of £30,000. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. £10,000,000 LOAN. MELBOURNE, Sept. 3. In the House of Representatives the Treasurer announced a new local loan of £10,300,000, to carry 6 per cent at 98, issuing on September 8~ This was the only new money it was proposed to raise in the current financial vear. It would be free of State, but subject to Commonwealth income tax.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 September 1924, Page 5
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