COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
[J5y Electric Telegraph—Coptiught] [United Press Assooiation.] (Received 10.25 a.m.) Sydney, September 17.
A meeting of sporting bodies and prominent citizens decided to establish a fund for representation of Australians at the Olympic Games in 1914. Ten thousand pounds is mentioned as the amount required to equip a team. A committee was appointed to advance the scheme, ('Received 10.55 a.m.)
Sydney, September 17
The Inspector-General of Police bar recommended the necessity of a material increase in the police force owing part'y- to the great growth of the population and also to the growth of cer-s tain forms of crime. He calls attention to the remarkable decrease of hotels in the metropolitan district. In 1882 there was one hotel to every 2}3 persons; now there is one to every 792. During thirty-one years, allowing for new licenses granted, 356 hotels were closed. He claims that this was due to the vigilance of the police in bringing undesirable hotels and - hotelkeepers under the notice o: the Bench,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 14, 17 September 1913, Page 6
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166COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 14, 17 September 1913, Page 6
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