AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue 13047, 9 January 1917, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.J Per Press Association. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)_. GOLD OUTPUT DECREASES. Received January 9, at 10.30 a.m. Sydney, January 9. The State's gold' yield for the year was 108,145 ounces line, of a value of £-159,370, a. decrease of 24,353 ounces. COAL DISPUTE. Received January 9, at 10.30 a.m. Hobart, January 9. As the result of the coaLlumpers' dispute, in which a demand is made for time payment instead, of.tonnage rates, the men refused to unload the Taviuni's coal. ...The -latter has sailed, loaded. DAYLIGHT SAVING. Sydney, January 9. Another supposed advantage in favor of daylight saving, light-ins economy, i 9 contradicted by City Council officials, who declare that the difference in the. output- of electricity is not noticed.