AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1918, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

THE LOSS OF THE WIMMERA. ACTION OP SEAMEN. THE CAPTAIN'S PREMONITION. Received July 11, 10.30 p.m. • Sydney, July 11. The loss of the WimmeTa has led the seamen to endorse Mr. Havelock Wilson's view. An official of the Seamen's Union said that theje will not be a foreigner aboard a British vessel, even after peace is declared, if we can prevent it. Hobart, July 11. Captain of the Wimmera, wrote to a Hobart merchant some weeks ago: —"There seems to be a goodly supply of mines round this coast. I haven't lost any sleep through them. Maybe, I will get an early rise one of these mornings."—Press Assoc. PENSIONS TO WIDOWS. Melbourne, July 11. l It is announced that the benefits for f widows under the repatriation. scheme I will be available to soldiers' wives''who i become widows within seven, years "after . the soldiers' discharge.— FINANCING COST OF WAR. ■ July 11. Approximate figures giving the rela- . tJen, between revenue and war expendie tni» show that 149 millions have- been j -raised in the Commonwealth by - 4»f war loans and war savings certificates j in addition to 47J millions-''borro'ped , from the British Government for' war purposes, wfoile £39,750,000 represents the expenditure by Britain on Australian j troops for which the Commonwealth is B liaible. I From the beginning of the war to the i end of June last the Commonwealth j raised by direct taxation £206,554,276 and expended in war loan interest, sinking fund, and pensions £20,011,004. — Aub. N.Z. Cable Assoc.