AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 1 July 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

STATES' REVENUE

Bl BLXCTRIO TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT. pwt tottbo peess association. t' . .Received Julv 1, 9.20 a.m. SYDNEY, July 1. •■ * Tlie State revenue for the ' yeari amounted to £18,298,501, an increase of ' £2,241,293 over lust year. ! Received- Julv 1. 9.20 a m I MKLBOURNK, i. I The revenue r,,:;i!I~i; elO, '.'fi^'i'■'■.'tm\ increase of £2Jp, Uh's ami ct>:ist;tn-.u : -«; m! v record. "' ! i \ —'* ■■ •■ Received Julv 1. i0.i.0 in-. L SYDNEY, July' 1. k The Huddart, Parker Steamship Coin■ pany has purchased the Hebhum Col- ■ Jiery, at South Maitland. The. new ■ company, it is understood 1 , will be called , Hebburn, Limited. H The company has/ also acouiral the Aberdare railway, which is 12 miles in length with six stations and tapping six H other collieries. r RAIN IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, June 30. Good general rains are falling, and telegraphic communication is interrupted. SYDNEY WHARF FIRE. SYDNEY, June 30. An inquest into the fire on the Nord-dbntscher-Lloyd wharf resulted, in an open verdict. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. Sk SYDOsEY, June 30. Jk. A wardsman at the Newcastle HosjHjjtal has been found to be suffering tfHrb'm smallpox. * LAND SALE INQUIRY. ; .SYDNEY*, June 30> Mr Justice Pring has been appointed Royal Commissioner in connection with v the Boorabi! land sale inquiry. > NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS. SYDNEY. June 30. Hon. W. A. "Horman (Premier) has announced that it is tlio intention of the Government to increase the number of Railway Commissioners to four. DERELICT DESTROYED. SYDNEY, June 30. The steamer August, which has ar- \. ■ rrv.ed at Neivrn'stlo from Valparaiso, ?■• reports that- on June 6 she sighted the J * four-masted schooner Elejaraiso, of San Francisco, a derelict. A-s she was.iu the !., track cf Australian-bound- vessels the capta' n set the derelict oil fire and she -, -vras destroyed. *' THE DOUBLE MOTOR FATALITY. - - SYDNEY, June 30. f'. ■ The Attorney-General has d-ecliued to ■V file a bill against Greenaway, who was committed on a charge of "manslaughter ;"■- ' jn connc.tion with the double motor }"' fatality on May IG.