AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLV, Issue 13438, 1 May 1918, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[Bt ELBCTKIO Tblkibaph—COPTWOHT.l (Peb Puna Aaaoautioii.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable A«an.) Received May 1, at 9.10 a.m. Sydney, April 1. * Robert Millet has been committed tor trial for conopiracy, in Juno, 1910, with Brenda Stewart Cross, to cheat and dofraud George lXogim of large soma of money. Tho prosecution stated that Brenda Cross was cliarged with an offenco in New Zealand, bat win* _ discharged, the application for ox tradition having failed. Mr E. J. Watt, who has temporarily retired from racing ,has presented Pontoon and Football to his traiuftr {Rayner). Tho other houses will probably bo raced by another sportsman. "Over £'26,000 is already promised for tho fund insuring for £2OO each recruit with dependant®. Melbourne. May 1. Replying to iWe Press agitation for a drastic reduction of racing, Mr Poaroo ' stated that tho Cabinet proposed to review the en tiro question inordor plainly to establish tho position for tho racing year, com men cine on tho Ist August. Mr Pearco added that, during tho season, 1918-14 the race meetings in Australia totalled 3591, and thin season, ending July, 2419 would have boon hold. Brisbane, April 90. The following reallotment of portfolios has been made: Mr J. H. Coyne, Minister of Lands; Mr J. A. Fihelly, Minister of Railways; Mr W. N. Gillies, Minister of Justice. Sydney, April 30. Tho half-yearly report of the Colonial Sugar Company states that a profit of £142,620 Ims teen made, and a dividend of 6} per cent, is declarod in Fiii and New Zealand. Tho company s year's profits total £338,147, and tho dividend is GJ per cent.