AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT'S PUSITION.
NO MONEY WANTED FOR FIVE \EARS.
Received June 25, 10 a.m.
MELBOURNE, June 25. Representatives of friendly societies asked the Government to accept investments of the societies' funds, amounting to one million seven hundred thousand pounds, at 4 per cent. The Premier, Mr Bent, replied that the Government would want no money for the next five years, and then not much. Ho would recommend Cabinet to givo 3J per cent, for the money.
A TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.
Received June 25, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 25. Tho bodies of Mrs Sulman and her two children were found in the river at Footscray. The woman had suffered from despondency since the birth of a baby. It is supposed she threw herself an:', children into the water.
MILITARY TRAINING,
Received Juno 25, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 25
The Australian Natives' Association presented to Mr Deakin, Federal Premier, resolutions adopted at the a uitia! conference, including one favouring the encouragement of cadet and rifle clubs and compulsory military training. Mr Deakin, in reply, said he was convinced that without universal service Australia would never have an efficient system of defence.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association -llv Klectric Telegraph Copyright.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9125, 26 June 1908, Page 5
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199AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9125, 26 June 1908, Page 5
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