AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 30, 29 July 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

WESTRALIAN MINERALS. By Cable—Prces Association—Copyright . Perth, July 28. The output o£ minerals last year was valued at £6,522,203, a decrease of £530,81<i. Gold shows the chief decrease; coal a slight increase. A CAPTAIN DROWNED. Melbourne, July 28. Captain Johnson, of the ketch Ripple, fell overboard in the harbor and was drowned. COLD IX NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, July 28. There is extreme cold throughout the State. At Kianda the temperature was two degrees above zero. ADVANCE IN SUGAR. Sydney, July 28. The Colonial Sugar Company has announced a rise of £ 1 per ton in the price of sugar, due to the rise in European markets, owing to adverse reports on the beet crops. EFFECTS OF LAND TAX. Sydney, July 28. At the annua! meeting of the Gaslight Company the chairman announced that the land tax imposed on the company was £SOOO per annum. This, he said, would tend to delay consideration of the question of reducing the price of gas. AN INCONSISTENT ANTI-GAMBLER. Brisbane, July 28. Mr. Cottell, one of the strongest antigambling speakers in the House, was fined a shilling for having been found in a gambling ; lio'use. His defence was that he was inspecting a. piece of furniture. PEELED POTATOES. Perth, July 28. In order to reduce the famine price, the Government has sanctioned the importation of potatoes peeled by machinery under special departmental supervision. AN APPEAL DISMISSED. Sydney, July 28. The appeal of Mr. Hughes, ActingPremier, against the fine of £255 imposed on a charge of assault and breach of agreement with Richard Bellinger, who was milking for him on. shares, has been dismissed.