THE COMMONWEALTH.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14391, 5 January 1911, Page 5

THE COMMONWEALTH.

Press Association—By Tel.—o«i>yH«£?£ LAND TAX AND RENTS. • SYDNEY StoAJh As a result of'Uio land tat, renl#*!»f, Sydney nnd suburbs ard ndvanairlg considerably.

TiAnOUR AND POLITICS. H'iio Political Labour wltli 1} view to scouring control of local ffiV cTiung Ixklioh, linn wloclcd candidates lo run i'or t]i» fortlicomiiiK municipal nnd sliire electious in iho city and suburbs. 11AD1UM. Professor Laby sfcatos that a powerful syndicate is keeping up the price of radium. He considers that it vould be bettor if hospitals bought oro instead of radium, and had tho oro worked up. BOGUS BANK NOTES. Bogus notes, of the Commercial Banking Company «jf Sydney mo being circulatfd ju tho city. The imitation is poor, A PRISONOUS' TEEAT. Received 9 p.m., Jan. 4th. SYDNEY, Jan. 4. | The latest departure in tho, treatiment of prisoners is that the inmates tof Ooulburn gaol were treated to a i cinematograph exhibition. In the Pentbridge gaol the prisoner* held a concert,' and concluded with singing ."Auld Lang Syne." EFFECT OfTsTBIKE. " Last year- 4285 ressels arrived' at Newcastle, compared with '4412 tho previous year. , Received 10.66 p.m., Jan. 4tE - SUNDAY TRADING. I Acting on instructions from'headquarters, tho police at Coonambltt oom. i polled soft drink shops to shut' on Sunday. In the city, since tho Chief.6eo> retory's minute tho shops have don* a big business on Sundays. >■ MISSIONARIES' RISKS. . BRISBANE, Jan. A. Dr Deck, a missionary from tho' Solomons, reports that, four months ago, in response to a request from the Rennell Islanders to establish a school, three native Malaita teachers wore sont to tho island. Two days later the throe teachers wore - killed, '<' Dr Deck declares that tho natives had no grudge against tho mission,-and "the loyal chief had nothing to do with-the murder, which waß committed bythroe men for the sake of the missionaries' eyos and other belongings. At tho next-visit of the mission vessel the ißiandors wero quite friendly. HEAVY RAINFALL. There have been heavy rains in,tho Cairns district. Up to fifteen' inchss in twenty-four hours have been tic. corded. Considerable damage has been done to the railways.CHIEF OF BOY'SCOUTS.'

MELBOURNE, Jan. 4 Advices received stats that there is every probability of L'eutenant-GoaSral Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, visiting Australia, this year 1 . Received 31.36 p.m.,' Jan.' 4th. THE IMPERIAL" CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, Jan. 4. Messrs Fisher, Bachelor and Pearce will represent tho Federal Government at the -Imperial Conference, lea* ing Austiaiia on April-6th. FEDERAL CAPITAL. Tho Federal Cabinet decided to limit tho premiums for designs for'the Federal capital to first £1750, second £750, third £SOO. Tho competition will be world-wide.