COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 42, 12 October 1912, Page 8

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Sydney, October 12. In view of the tightness of the English money market, the Government has enquired on the Continent, especially in Paris, of the probability of successfully floating a debenture loan. If there is sufficient encouragement to induce it, it wil Itry a foreign loan. Information was received recently that three millions from foreign sources were available almost immediately. The interest would probably be -1 per cent. Meanwhile the war has begun. ft is understood that the Government has received reassurance that the money is still forthcoming. (Received 10.0 a.m*) Sydney, October 12. The weather is dull and threatening for the races, rain falling this morning. Griffin, cashier for Robert Little and Company, was' sentenced to three years’ hard labour for embezzling £2495 of his employers’ moneys. Gambling on the turf was stated to be tie , cause? y t /”■ ‘ T" ‘ / The hcaHiu authorities aye hdyised that another |i)utbreajv of ’ plague has occurred, at "New Caledonia, and precautions ate being adopted. ' The Herald states tliai the Government has already practically placed the three million Joan. Despite yesterday’s decision, the wharf labourers a], Newcastle and at the Hunter River Company’s wharf refuse to work with the constant hands. 1 , J 7. .

r [■ , V Newcast^'bci^bdt’’ Sailed : .jjoalaiidia, ind a'Norwegian whaler for New Melbourne, October 12. In the House Mr Fisher (Premier) declined to discuss Lord Denman’s eviction, ahd declared that the Fed- • • ' lit i V . feral Government did all that it reasonably conl-d to secure the GovernorGeneral’s residence in Sydney. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, October 12. A start has been made with harbour improvements at Newcastle costing £120,000. The wharfage accommodation has been largely augmented. The threatened trouble in the building trades owing to the employment of non-unionists has brought about a movement to enforce preference to unionists. Rain is badly needed in the greater part of the State. Crops are suffering through the continuous heat and dry winds. The prospects of the potato crop are not promising. The Rifle Association meeting has commenced with record entries. The Treasurer says the Budget next week may bo-expected to show a small surplus, and jt is unlikely it will disclose further taxation for revenue purposes. A widespread epidemic of dengue fever lias broken out at Gilbert Islands and has, caused numbers of deaths. The first visitation to the group is supposed to have spread from the Marshall Islands. Melbourne, October 12. The Mount Lyell returns from September sth to October 2nd inclusive show that 26448 tons of ore were treated, also eight tons of purchased ore. The converters produced 562 tons of blister copper containing copper 556,000 ozs, silver 36,255 ozs, and gold 743 ozs. The Federal wireless station -spoke the steamer (Argyllshire at Fremantle, 2200 miles away, which is a record.