COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 42, 25 June 1913, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

N.S.W. RAILWAY DEFICIT

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright]

LUnited Press Association.]

Sydney, June 25

In order to meet the deficit in the railway revenue, increases will be made in the cost of season tickets and freights, representing a total increased revenue of £147,000 per annum. Ordinary tickets will not be affected. DAMAGE BY FLOODS. As the result of the recent rains, there are floods in the Nepean, Hawkcsbury, and some other rivers, with considerable damage.

UPPER HOUSE REFORM

(Received 9.55 a.m.)

The Herald, referring to the opening of the New Zealand Parliament and the proposed amendment of the Upper House, says that everything points to the fact that even in the Antipodes, finality has not been reached in political experiment. The constitutional difficulties in New Zealand will be watched with interest by every student of Parliamentary Government. N.Z. VITAL STATISTICS.

The Telegraph, dealing with the Dominion's vital statistics, says:— "This is not the first time that NewZealand has broken the mortality records in the best way. There still remains, however, the opportunity to improve the birth rate, which is admitted to be lower than anywhere eke in lAiiistratasia, excepting South Australia." THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. The Methodist Conference committee appointee] to publish a Methodist prayerbook with the object of promoting family worship passed a resolution, which was adopted, expressing gratitude at the awakening of the social conscience throughout the world against the liquor traffic.