AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10673, 24 January 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[Bt Er.MTKic : i'£>.;:<;!!.ii i-.---CiPviur.Hi (Per Press Association.) MYSTERIOUS FIND. Sydney. January 23. ~ The police investigation in connection with the recent discovery of a human ;•-.•*: Dir Carrum was fruitless.

RAILWAY REVENUE. Melbourne, January 23. The railway revenue for the half-year increased £245.455. Received January 24, at 0.35 a.m. 'Sydney, January' 23. The railway earnings for : the quarter increased £160,490, and those ot the tramways- £46,7oß:compared with last corresponding quarter.

YACHT FOR SALE. Received January 24, at 8.55 a.m. V Sydney, January 24. Mr Marks' yacht Culwalla 11. was. offered at auction and was passed in. at £2OO. .

AUSTRALLiN POLITICS. - ■■'■'": Svdney, January 24. Mr Kidston Premier of Queensland, is visiting Sydney. He states thatVhe is emphatically Hostile to the referenda proposals. .... . : • ' Melboume, January 24. Mr Holinan has arrived from New Zealand, and has declared his position regarding the referenda. He is in favor of an amendment empowering the' Commonwealth to acquire monopolies, but, in coinmou with some of his colleagues, ■ wfll nrge the people not to accept the amendment enabling the Commonwealth to gradually absorb most of the important State legislative functions.

DEAR GAS IN SYDNEY. Sydney, January 24. The Gas Inquiry Board has concluded the taking of evidence, and the matter will be left with the chairman (Mr Watson) for decision.

TRAIN RUNS AWAY. Sydney, January . 24. A train of coal trucks got out of control at Adamstown, near Newcastle, and crashed into a dead end. The locomotive left the. rails, and toppled over a fence alongside the line. Two trucks telescoped and were smashed to matchwood. The driver and fireman jumped immediately before the crash, and both were uninjured.

CLOUD BURST. Sydney, January 24. A cloud hurst at Glen Innes, and the creeks were flooded, considerable damage being caused to crops and fences. THE TOLL TELEPHONE. Melbourne, January 24. Many large telephone users are complpining of overcharging under the toll system. It is asserted that the overcharge amounts to 50 per cent.