GENERAL CABLE NEWS
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 25. The underwriters will receive about 75 per cent, of the South Australian loan. LONDON, July 26. (Received July 26, at 5.5 p.m.) The British-India Steam Navigation Company is issuing £675,000 worth of 4-f per cent, debentures at par. SYDNEY, July 26. Following the passage* of the Sugar Bills in the Queensland Parliament a Federal proclamation has been issued abolishing the excise and bounty on sugar grown :'n Australia 'by white labour. After representations had been made by Mr Wade and the New South Wales Labour party the Speaker announced that he would reinstate the four Parliamentary messengers who had been di-.nvissed under the Willis regime. July 26. The Melbourne Board announcer, that the entrance to Port Phillip has tieen deepened to 37ft. The report of the engineer* \p «vc investigated the Murray waters question, with a view to ascertaining the means that are essential to the settlement of the lands in the various States affected, contains recommendations involving an expenditure of over £6,000,000.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15827, 28 July 1913, Page 5
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