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AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

COMMONWEALTH LOAN. LAST OF KIND DURING THE WAR. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.40 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 12. The Federal Treasurer, Mr. W. A. Watt, announced to-day that the British Treasury had floated the recent' Commonwealth loan of, £4,760,000, with the proviso that it was the last of the kind the Commonwealth would seek to raise in London during the war. ' . NO NEW TAXATION. '■/ SYDNEY. Aug. 12. ' Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, , AssistantState Treasurer, in a speech to-day, said that no new taxation would be imposed this year. GERMAN PROPAGANDA. > Vi- • SYDNEY, Aug. 12. Mr. G. ,W. Fuller, Colonial Secretary, announced to-day that German propaganda in Australia had sought to foment a revolt against the Government, the only object being to prevent eligible? enlisting. COMMISSIONER TO AMERICA. - - • SYDNEY, Aug! 12. , Mr. H. J. Braddon, Australian superintendent of -Messrs. Dalgety's, has been appointed ? Australian Commissioner 7' to America to organise after-war problems." '

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 13 August 1918, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 13 August 1918, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 13 August 1918, Page 6