THE COMMONWEALTH.
(ANOTHER STATJiJ LOAN. Pratt 'Ajaotiation—By SYDNEY, Juno 2S?. The New South Wales Oopcrnaac&t haa arranged to borrow aiiUiOSV from the Commonwealth- The )->wi will linve, ;i currency of twelve i/.ov'.hi at <i per cent. The i,io/ioy \ t ov loan*) by tho Commonwoa-Uh to tha BtstfOft totals nearly £4,000,0u0. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Mr Fisher and Senator Prioo wti conferring witli tho Admiralty in order to fix a working haaie fov the oo« operation of 1-lx* Cornmoawoattl* awry with the Imperial navy. NO MEAT TRUST. Sydney busmen rnen iuterasted fa the meat "trade again scoyt tho ideu of a Meat Truefc, and declaro that the population of Australia is too email ttt induce the Amcriosn Trust to operate hero. FLOODS IN VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, Juno 92. There was .i heavy in the city yesterday morning accompanied by elect and occasional snow. The rain since .Tnnuary haa been tho highest on record for six. months. Thousands of acres aro flooded in the Nntlmlia .district and much crop has been destroyed. There is a aeaof water round Kotnpua and the residents havn been compelled to Leave their houses. Many farmers ' • have been ruined. Boata have been sent to Shepparton to assist tlio settlers. • Tho waters ure .still spreading. The floods at Warbnrton are the most disastrous on record.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14475, 23 June 1911, Page 5
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