AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 178, 20 August 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

J HEAVY FLOODS. ' l'ress Association,—Copyright licceived 20, 1 a.m. ° '■ , „ , ll|, U>oiii-ne, August 1!). throughout "the country!"'" l •' Xl)l ' nL '" t ' l ' ,l A SOCJ KTV SCAXDAL. Received 20, 1 a.m. • _ .Melbourne, August 111. Lidv Ph','l° h,ls . 1 "'™ g'auted to S "" "° ai "' it Sir Itupert Clarke, with costs. AUSTRALIAN WINK I'KODUCTIOX. „„ „ Adelaide, August ID. file Government Statist reports ,1 vintage record. Three million one hundred and thirty-thousand gallons of wine ' were made during the vear— an increase I of 1,070,000 gallons. I

THH WIEMIBRS' OOXFEREXCI3. Melbourne, August 10.' ihp Premiers' Conference has not yet solved the financial problem. Its prospects of reaching a settlement are considered )iopcful. Till'! MONEY MAHKHT. 'Sydney. August 11). The Government has raised the interest on inscribed stock from .It/, p pr cent Jo »% per cent,. The advace is made in view of higher prices being paid for money ill the local market bv other States. The Government is issiiinc half a million new stock at 3% per cent"

IXSAXTTY TN T XHW SOUTH WALES, Sydnev. August I!). . The renort of the Tnspector-flencral of Mental Hospitals shows that at the end of last year there were •T)705 insane persons under ollicial supervision in the State—an increase of 08. The eost of maintenance was £105.427. The proportion of increase to the general vmbllo is 1 to 281, i