AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 67, 9 September 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VICTORIAN' DRINK BILL. | By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, j Melbourne, September S. . ! The Alliance Conference states that j from 1842, when the records were started, to 11)09, a sum of £270,700,828 hart been spent on alcohol in Victoria, the yearly expenditure per head being £() 19s Id. . ! AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRANTS. Sydney, September 8. 1 The net overseas immigration to New South Wales last year was 18,198, the largest number for 35 years. Seven thousand and five assisted immigrants came from Great Britain. The discrepancy between males and females is increasing. There are now 110 males to every 100 females. A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. Adelaide, September S. The Government is appealing to the Privy Council against the verdict in favor of Victoria in the disputed boundary case. FTRIS IN CANE FIELDS. Brisbane, September 8. A disastrous lire in the cane fields at Massman, by which 100 tons of cantwere destroyed, was caused .by sparks from an engine. BOY SHOOTS HIS FATHER. Hobart, September 8. A seven-year-old boy. while playing with a gun, accidentally shot his father dead. ADVICE OX liORSE-P.REEDTNO. Melbourne, September S. | Lord Denman. the Governor-Genoral, l made his public appearance at | the >Sho\v dinner. He urged horsebreeders to pay better attention to ! army remounts. advocating heavy | weight-carrying thoroughbreds. I A FIND OF OPTUM. Brisbane, September 8. Three hundred and forty tins of opium were discovered on the steamer Prinze Waldemar.