AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 3 January 1917, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

. $ REVENUES OF THE STATES By Telcgraph-Prcss Association-Gopyrietil' Perth, January 2. The revenue for the half-year was £2,298,181, an increase of £24,974. . The expenditure was £2,983,726. an increase of £193,663. The deficit was £566,874. . ■ ■••'■• ', Adelaide, January 2. The revenue for the last half-year-was £1,957,391, an increase of £200,-! 321 over the corresponding half o{' 1915. \ _ ' ;"■ / > FORCED BANK NOTES. STILL IN CIRCULATION. . Sydney, January 2. •. . . A large number of 'forged £5 note§ \ are still circulating. Many, were passed at the races. FINANCIAL FORECAST. /PROSPECTS FOB 1917.Sydney, January- 2. The "Daily Telegraph's" financial■ ' review forecasts brighter prospects for 1917, particularly in regard to the demands for Australian products and tha facilities for moving them. CLOUDBURST IN TASMANIA. MUCH "DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Hobart, January 2. A cloudburst caused: further floods ab Bridgewater. Much damage .was dorw to property and hop gardens. SIX O'CLOCK CLOSINC. Hobart, January 2. Sis o'clock closing .came, into opera/ fion on Monday..- : .\ ; ■:•'..., . PURE FAMILY LIFE. STARTLING STATISTICS; (Rcc. January 2, 9.30 p.m.); ■ ■ ':. Sydney, January 2. The Dean of Newcastle, in. a sermon declared the decay of pure family life was a distinct menace. Statistics showed that 43 per cent, of the marriages in the Commonwealth were forced marriages.v- - ■•. : -'■- — '•- .. : MONSOONAL STORMS IN N.SW* (Rec. .January 2, 9.30 p.m.) . Sydney, January 2. Mqnsoonal storms and rain_are laying; telegraphic communication. -