AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Per Press Association.)
Melbourne, August 11. The Government has decided to light tbe trains with gas. The complete instalment will cost L 20.000.
Sydney, August 11. Tho annual report of the Railway Commissioners has been laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly. During the year the earnings were L 3,321,000, an increase of L 211.000 on the preceding year. After paying the working expenses and interest on tbe capital there remains a surplus of L 37.000. This is the first surplus since the Commissioners were appointed. Last year there was a deficit amounting to L 109.000.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 37, 12 August 1897, Page 2
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