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£v r " : :V h . ' COMPULSORY SERVICE. ENTHUSIASTICALLY FAVOURED BY RETURNED SOLDIERS: '•.:■■ -By Telesrranir-Press. Association—Ow.trielit Sydney, Ju]y 3. An enthusiastic meeting of returned soldiers passed -a .motion; in favour,, of conscription, denouncing the disloyal ut- : vterances made by tho Political Labour ■ ■-League executive- , ' ■ ITEMS IN BRIEF, "BUTTON DAY" COLLECTIONS. Sydney, July 3. ' -.The Button Day collection totals . '<£27,000. It is oxpected to reach <£W,OUO. j NIGHT BAKING STRIKE COLLAPSES . " : ; Melbourno, July 3. .The night baking striko lias collapsed. The flourmillers resumo on Tuesday. OBITUARY. Sydney, July 3. The Right Rev. Dr. Henry Edward Cooper, D.D., of Armidale, iB dead. [Dr. Cooper was appointed Bishop of . Armidale in 1901. He was ton- in October, 1815, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.] THE FEDERAL REVENUE., , PREVIOUS ESTIMATES ABOUT ' , EIGHT. (lice. July +, 1 a.m.) Melbourne, July 3. Mr. Higgs (tho Federal Finance Minister) will bo unablo to issue his statement of thf year's revenue till ho has received from tho Imperial Government the •bill for tho equipment and provisioning of the,troops abroad, but ho considers •that his previous estimate of J289,092,000, ■including loans, and tho total expenditure ■ot <£70,057,000, will bo about-right. This ■would leave a balance of ;£13,035,000 loan 'money to bo carried forward. QUEENSLAND'S. REVENUE.
(Roc. July 3, 11.15 p.m.) Brisbane, .Tuly 3. ; The Stato revenue totals JC7.706.3G5. ■There will be a surplus of ,£31,701. STUD SHEEP SALES. (Rec. July 1, 1 a.m.) Sydney, July 3. ; Tho annual stu4 sheep Bales have commenced. Prices for merinos are moderate, top price being 170 guineas for a four-year-old ram of the Sir Charles strain. Another o£ the sumo strain was cold privately for 1200 guineas. i DECLINE IN SYDNEY'S BUILDING ACTIVITY. (Rec. July 4, 1 a.m.) Sydney, July 3. For the year ended Juno 30, 7357 new ■buildings were erected in the metropolitan area. Their cost was .£5,153,000, which is .8571,000 below tho previous construction. The decline is attributed to the war and the fair rents legislation. •
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2814, 4 July 1916, Page 6
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326AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2814, 4 July 1916, Page 6
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