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FEDERAL WAR LOAN. Melbourne, September 1 ; Mr. Fisher (Prime Minister) anticipates that toil ■ millions will be subscribed for' the first instalment of the war loan. • ■ (Uec. Soptcmbcr 1, 10 p.m.) Sydney, September 1. subscriptions to the war loan in^

eluded £250,000 from the A.M.P. Society. QUEENSLAND PRODUOG PRICES. Brisbane, September 1. Tho following prices have been fixed: —Flour, £19 12s. Od.; bran, £6 155.; pollard, £7 15s. per'ten.;' WORKERS FOR THE HARVESTS. Sydney, September 1. Mr. Estoll, Minister of Labour and Industry, considers tliat there is sufficient harvest labour available in tlio country, owing to the slackness in sheading,'and that it will not be necessary to assist farmers with ' military or city workers. -V GOOD NEWS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS. :, Perth, September 1. Tho Premier (Mr. Scaddan) announces that full time.in tho Government Service will ho resumed as from' October 1. [In March last the Premier intimated that retrenchment was necessary, either by a reduction of the Civil Service staff or a reduction of liours from thirty-eight to thirty-five per week. The Civil Ser•vico decided to accept the latter, which effected a saving of £300,000 per annum.]. ', NEW. BISHOP OF GOULBURN. (Rec. September 1, 10.5 p.m.) Sydney, Soptember 1. Doctor Radford, .-"tho new Bishop of Goulbnrn, has been enthroned. ' <■ [Dr. Radford has been Warden of St. Paul's College, Sydney■.' University, since 1909. . Ho was editor of the Australian ,; Church Quarterly," and hat; published several monographs.] SMALLPOX AGAIN. • . j (Reo. September 1, 10 p.m;) ■ Sydney, September 1. ; There lias been a recurrence of smallpox, one caso.being reported at Darlinghurst. The'symptoms are'slight. ■;