AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, August 10. The campaign to raise locally a £10,000,000 6 per cent, loan to fulfil the financial promises made to returned soldiers has been successfully launched. N.S.W. ORCHESTRA TO CONTINUE. Sydney, August 11. Mr. Verbrugghen has announced that the future of his orchestra is assured. He also stated that Dame Melba has subscribed £lOO. QUEENSLAND POLITICS. Brisbane, August 10. The Governor’s speech at the opening of Parliament consisted largely of colorless proposals including insurance against unemployment, widening the scope of the Workers’ Compensation Act, extension of the railways to open up the western and north-western areas, the abolition of capital punishment. The early flotation of a local loan of £3,000,000 was foreshadowed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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