AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
VITAL STATISTICS.
(Received 9.22 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The marriages in New South Wales during last year totalled 11,551, the highest for twenty years, excepting in 1901. The deaths were 14,975, being 12 per cent below the mean rate for the last ten years, and the lowest on record.
N.S.W. RAILWAY REVENUE.
(Received 9.22 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
In the past twelve months the railway revenue of New South Wales has increased by £519,000, as compared with last year.
PETER CLOSE DEAD.
SYDNEY, June 30. The death occurred to-day of Peter Collison Close, who was prominently connected with W. P. Crick (ex-Minister for Lands) and W. N. Willis, ex-M.L.A., in the recent inquiries relating to the land scandals in this State. The proceedings throughout proved a great strain on the deceased.
CABLE BREVITIES
The amount returned by the Commonwealth to New South Wales for the past year increased by £279,100.
The New South Wales Parliament will be opened to-morrow.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19070701.2.62
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 155, 1 July 1907, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
161AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 155, 1 July 1907, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in