AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 108, 23 September 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE NEW COMET. , | I By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. * Sydney, September 21. j Mr. Gale,''as the result of compari- J sons, declares that there is not a pos- j sibility of his comet being identical with j that discovered' by Westphall. j

■ COLONIAL MUTUAL COMPANY. i 'Melbourne, Septemebr 21. | The chairman of directors of the Col- j oni*l Mutual Assurance Company says j J that they have a full and complete re- \ } ply to all charges. Tiicy invite those ' | anxious to have the fullest investiga-1 ] tion, meantime asking the public to snsI pend judgment. I A BANK FRAUD. J Sydney, September 21. ) An' account was openetl in a leading ' city bank and a cheque presented to the ledger keeper for £B, and returned initialled.. The drawer converted the amount to £BO and cashed it. The banks are altering the system to checkmate such frauds. ; A PRISON NEWSPAPER. ■ Sydney, September 21.. Mr. Hall proposes to establish a prison newspaper. This is part of the scheme ; to-make prisoners' life more endurable., l ln 1892 the gaol population of New South Wales Avas 1890; how it is 1009. SYDNEY TRAMS. 5 Sydney, September 21. ' For the year ended 'June 30, the State railways and tramways carried 337,000,000 passengers. There were 513 pas- : sengers injured on the railways, 68 of them fatally. On the tramways 1100 accidents to passengers took place, of which 28 were fatal. The great majority of these were due to r-'-sonal oarc- [ lessness or trespassing on the liki.