AUSTRALIAN NEWS
SYDNEY, August 5. The statement of State revenue and expenditure for the year shows a debit balance of £163,000. The Treasurer states that if land rents due were included wmtld lift . a credit balance of
The societies’ annual demonstration to-day was largely attended. The Premier, in the course of a speech, promised legislation dealing with rules and strengthening th© position of societies. BRISBANE, August 5. The Federal Government, ignoring the Stat e Government, has instructed the officer in charge not to enrol any members of the Defence Force for return to South Africa. There is some soreness over an alleged interference with State rights in the matter.
The live stock returns for the State disclose decreases of 4,887,000 sheep and 975,000 cattle as compared with last year. Horses have also largely decreased. BRISBANE, August 6. A fire at Ravenswood, about 770 miles north west of Brisbane, destroyed a block of nine business places. The amount of damage is not stated. ALBANY, August 5.
The steamer Buninyong has been towed back to port. When two days out she broke her tail shaft and drifted for thirty two hours.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1536, 7 August 1901, Page 32
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