AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE LITHGOW STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, February 23. Mr. Bceby states that he will prosecute the Lithgow strikers. COMMONWEALTH CADETS. , Melbourne, February 23. The total enrolment of cadets in the Commonwealth is 127,272, about 50,000 short of the estimates. A SCHOONER ASHORE. Sydney, February 23. The schooner Australia is ashore on the south west rocks and is full of water. All hands are safe. THE MOODIE CASE. Melbourne, February 23. Tiie trial of Olive Moodie, on a charge of having poisoned her mother and sisters, has been concluded. The jury disagreed, ann a«'used was remanded to the next silling of the court. RECORD STATISTICS. Sydney, February 23. The births last year were 45,333, a record number: the birth rate was 27.32 per 101*0. The deaths numbered 10,191, the death rate being 10.44 per 1000, the highest for three years. The deaths from phthisis were the lowest on record, and those from cancer slightly above the average. The number of marriages was 14,294, a record. The estimated population of- the State was 1,090,310, the year's increase being 44,872. , MUTUAL LIFE COMPANY. Sydney, February 23. The annual report of the Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company will show that the new business for the year in the ordinary branch was 13,011 policies assuring £2,501,244, and yielding new premiums of £83,316. The total business in force £338,993 policies, assuring £'2G,BO-2,755, including bonus additions. BIG PROFITS. Melbourne, February 23. The profits of Howard Smith and Co. for the year are £01,185 compared with £55,227 in the previous year. A dividend of ten per cent, has been declared. SLACKNESS IN TRADE. Sydney, February 23. A deputation informed Mr. Carmichael that there was a very large number of unemployed in the Newcastle district 1 owing to the slackness of trade. A COSTLY CASE. Melbourne, February 23. The litigation in the boundary dispute between Victoria and South Australia is costing £BOO a day, and the case will probably last six weeks. LOST OVERBOARD. Melbourne, February 23. A man named Terry was lost overboard from the steamer Brisbane near Newcastle,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 24 February 1911, Page 2
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