AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 4 September 1929, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. DEFICIT ON YEAR’S WORKING. [United Preu Association—By Cable— Copyright.] lAastrallan and N.Z Press Association.] (Received 4, 9.35 a.m.) Melbourne, Sept. 4. Tho Victorian railway account for the financial year shows a deficit of £62,829. BIGGER LOSS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. lAutralian and N.Z Preu Association.) (Received 4, 9.35 a.m.) Adelaide, Sept. 4. The annual report of the South Aus- « tralian railways for the year shows an actual loss of £1,192,166. EXTRA PAY FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS. (Received 4, 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, Sept. 4. Increases estimated at approximately £70,000 have been conceded to male school teachers. All grades of teachers will benefit. The claims of women teachers have been submitted to the Industrial Commission. NEW ZEALANDER FOUND DEAD A WAVERLY FARMER. 1 Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received, 4, 2.25 p.m.) Sydney, Sept. 4. Robert Bremer, aged 75, a grazier, of Lake Farm, Waverly, New Zealand, was found dead in the bathroom of the hotel Metropole. Upon the body being removed to the morgue douements were found in the pockets showing that Bremer had £15,000 in New Zealand banks. He came to Sydney to attend the spring racing carnival. Relatives have now • taken charge of his affairs. The body is being embalmed for shipment to New Zealand on Friday.