AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3376, 3 January 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

~ STAT-_I3;REVENUE."-' ‘ ' Received 10.35 a.m. ‘ LONDON, Dec. 3. . Revenue. for ;the.half-ye'a.l'w'shows an incfease of £123,816, compared. with the previous corresponding period. . BRISBANE, this» day. -

Revenue for the hvarlf-year increased £260,873, compared with ‘the previous corresponding period. . AUSTRALIAN WAR PESISIONS. MELBOURNE, this day. . The war pensions a.nnual liability now amounts to £6,003,786. ADELAIDE COAL SHORTAGE. OWING TO ENGINEERS’ STRIKE. t" I _ Received 10.35 a.m; _ ADELAIDE, this day. Owing to coal shortage caused by the ymarine engineers" strike, the Coal Board has decided to cancel further allotments of coal to non essential industries. A AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. ' Received 10.35 a.m. A MELBOfU,R-NE, this day. South Australia '3 fiist 1 isnnings closed for 247. Rundell, not out, eon[nibuted 12-2, and Townsend made 46. Bowling analysis: McNaughton 3 for SS, McDonald 4 for 71, Park 1 for 15, Armstrong 2 for 6. In Victori-a’s first innings one wicket is down for 50. Mayme is in with 31 to his credit. NORTHERN TERRITORY. DARWIN, ;1an.~;,2, ‘At the Commission .'l'ud:,\ ‘Ewing stated that he had read col‘:dspondence between Vestys and various persons. Without committing himself ‘by anything}, he might say the impression left on his mind was that Vestys were not connected with the American Beef Trust, and also that there was no connection between Vestys and Government officers excepting that it was once proposed to employ Dr rmruth in certain investigations.