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AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

SYDNEY, August 5. The statement of State revenue and expenditure for tho year shows a debit bal. ance of £163,000. The Treasurer states that if land rents due were included there would be a credit balance of £50,000. 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.

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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4427, 6 August 1901, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4427, 6 August 1901, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4427, 6 August 1901, Page 5