AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 77, 9 July 1910, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NEW SOUTH WALES GOLD YIELD By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, July 8. The gold yield for the half-year was 54,901 /ouiifecVlfiine, a decrease" of iji66 ounces. /.;.jU Mi . PAY. ■ ',.'"' " Brisbane, July 8. Men in tile lower grades ot the railway service; are. to receive increased rates of pay./'

EXPORT OF RABBITS. Sydney, July 8. The rabbits exported from t»e State for the year ending June 30 were 568,!)00 crates, or 84,000 below the number for last year. VICTORIAN COLD YIELD. Melbourne, July 6. The gold yield for the half-year was 295,541 • ottnpE*, • a decrease of 26,164 ounces compared with the previous corresponding half-year. DOUBLE SUICIDE. Brisbane, July 8. A white woman and a Jananese living together in. a laundry committed suicide by taking poison. WESTEALIAN LIGHTHOUSES. Perth, July 8. The Government is spending £50,000 in the erection of lighthouses on the north-west coasf./- • THE CAPITAL SITE. Melbourne, July 8.. Mr. states that the Government has no intention of interfering with the selection of the capital site. WEIGHT OF GRAIN SACKS. Melbourne, July 8. Mr. Tudor states that under the proposed amendments of the Customs Act New Zealand oat bags, which after arrival are used for heavier grain, will have to conform to the 200 lb standard. LAN© OP THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Sydney,, July 8. Dalgety's wool report states that the export of wool during the past year was reached a record. The total was 2,434,643 bales, valued at £43,128,496. AUSTRALIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY. Melbourne, July 8. Official statistics show a considerable falling off in sugar production, 214,242 tons were produced in 1907, against 161,253 tons last year. While exports fell from 11,077 tons to 205 tons, imports increased from 6167 tons to 99,698 tons. AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Sydney, July 8. In the Assembly, the Premier was asked if he intended to take action regarding the brock combine. He replied that the information obtained entirely failed to hear out the charge levelled against the combine..