AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10779, 30 May 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.J (Per Press Association.) LESS imTNKTNcTIN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, May 29. At the annual dinner of the.New South Wales Alliance, Archdeacon Boj-fp said it was 34 years since lie raised the local option flag, that period the drink hill of New South \\ ihs had fallen 40 per centum per head of, the population, and "the con- \ irtions tor drunkenness. 50 per centum AN OPIUM HAUL -Sjdney, May 29. A seizure of opium valued at £325 was made amongst the cargo of. the Chiha steamer Eiupue aftei the opium | had- been landed. COLD SNAP IN SYDNEY. " <' > ' ■ '' Sydney, May 29. ' ■The wealher is liilleih cold, with snow on, the high lands. . DISPUTE WITH RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. .1 .. ' Sydney, May 30 The dispute between the Great Cobar Conger Company and the Railway Commissioners regaiding weighing has beeu settled.- The terms have not been disclosed. A CLEAN BILL. Sydney, May 30. A private cable announces that Sourabaya (Java) has been declared free from plague. j , THE CENSUS RETURNS; . , ■ Sydney, :May 30 The latest census returns indicate the probability of Victoria losing a member in the House of Representatives, and Queensland gaining one.

A HARDY MINER:' ' ■-n.i- : A miner fell 120 feet into a shatt a% Broken Hill and escaped with a scalp wound. EARLY CLOSINGS HANDICAP. Sydney, May 30. 'A meeting of. thV Shopkeepersj. Defence Committee resolved to ask tne Government to.repeaUthe.Early Closing Act, especially that portion relating to acompulsory- Saturday half-holiday. It was stated that it was driving the small sliopkeepec. out,j9| Jbup»ness. IS THE FEDERAL LAND TAX : LEGAL? .;.•-, Melbourne, May 30. : Judgiheni in tfi'e land tax case has been reserved. , , , The receipts from the Federal land tax reached' £86,900. The majority of the owners are waiting until the time for payment expires on June IV.