AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1917, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

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TOTALISATOR REVENUE.

SYDNEY, July 2

The to-alisator Revenue is disappointing. Air. Hilman estimated that it would yield £200,000 during the current financial year but it only returned £6346. SOLDIER’S ALLOWANCES. [AUSTRALIAN & N-Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION MELBOURNE, July 2. Vow Federal regulations have been issued granting far-reaelving concessions In separation allowances for soldier’s dependents. The total 'J ar pensions granted are 44,914, making tho annual liability £1,638,(99.

I THE ■'•LOST HIM ALAYA. (Received this day at 1.20 a.m.,) SYDNEY, July 2. Some confusion lias arisen about the cabled accounts of the sinking °f the Himalaya. The first reports were taken to indicate that she was aP. and 0. steamer. Reuter states that the Himalaja was a messageres maratimes, charterc hv tlm Government and it is now generally accepted that the cable refers to the French boat of that name. TRAMWAY STRIKE. fßooeived This Dav at 10.15. a.m 1 (Recen eel syT)NEY; Thia Day. A strike amongst the boys at th< Randwick Tramway Workshops has r* suited in th e works closing, rendering j a thousand men idle. ! CLOSING HOTELS. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Licensing Board is closing 22 hotels in Richmond, South Yarra an * south Melbourne at the «ud of the year. r MATERNITY ALLOWANCES. h MELBOURNE, This Day. ,r During the year 182,272 maternity l# allowances bav 6 been granted, inrojvj n g the expenditure of £661,300.