AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16503, 2 August 1919, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

COST OF WAR, PENSIONS,

By Telegraph—Press Ag.j.—Copyright. (Received August 2, 11.30 a.in.) MELTiDURNB, August 2. The annual war pensions liability now amounts to £5.321,687.

SALARIES OF TASMANIAN MEMBERS.

HOBART, August 1. The Assembly approved of the increase in members’ salaries to £3OO, and increased Ministers’ salaries from £7OO to £IOOO.

MAILS TO GERMANY RESUMED

SYDNEY, August 1. The postal authorities notify that direct letter mail service to Germany is now permissible. SOME GENEROUS BEQUESTS. SYDNEY, August 1, Sir Samuel M’Caughey’s bequests include about £400,066 to Sydney University, £200,000 to Brisbane University, £250,000 to the Presbyterian Church in New South AVales and Queensland, and a large sum for widows and orphans of soldiers killed in the war.

(Received August 2, 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 2,

Sir J. M'Caughoy’s estate, is estimated at £1,760,000. of which £465,000 is loft to soldiers’ widows and orphans.