COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
, United Press Association. Melbourne, October 15. I It is estimated that the State reI venue for the current year will he : til .241,02, and the deficit £233,220. Hobart. October 15. j The Treasurer stated that the year j ended with a deficit of £140.000, including £40,000 which was advanced ! against ore, and £15,000 losses on imported wheat. What troubled him was where to get the money to carry ' on till the end of the present calendar J year. Beyond that he was unable to see. | Sydney. October 15. Throe hundred ship-painters and dockers at Cockatoo docks have I struck, because the practice of allowing them to cease work five minutes before knock-off time, in order to wash their hands, has been stopped. The majority of districts report excellent prospects of a bumper wheat harvest. State officials and business men say there is no doubt that there will be sufficient overseas transportation to remove the surplus.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 39, 15 October 1915, Page 4
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157COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 39, 15 October 1915, Page 4
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