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Show , THRIFT IN NEW SOUTH WALES Remarkable Showing Made by Sydney Syd-ney Bank Has Been the Cause of Much Comment. Since 1907 the history of the Moore Street bunk (Sydney. New South Wales), has been almost as marvelous for its excision as has the postal savings system of the United States. When it was placed under the management manage-ment of commissioners, six years ago, -the amount of the credit of the SS3.-401 SS3.-401 depositors was $45.:'9.101. Three years later there were :!GS.;',uf'i depositors, deposi-tors, who had a total balance of $73,-S27.3S0. $73,-S27.3S0. while on November 30, 1912. there were 4.-S,711 depositors with balances bal-ances of $95.0.77,;$. Immediately upon their appointment the commissioners adopted a policy of decentralization by the establishment of district branches, giving all the facilities fa-cilities offered by the head office. There are now 11 1 branches 51 in the Clly and suburbs and G3 in the country. coun-try. There are also numerous agencies, constantly Increasing In numbers, un- l der the control of state officials, white t the real branches are managed by the commissioners' staff officers. The loan department also shows expansion. ex-pansion. On December 31, 190G, there was due big farmers and settlers $1,-952,461, $1,-952,461, respresenting 4.005. In No-1 No-1 vember, 1912, the number of loans : was 4,057. and the outstanding prin-I prin-I cipal was $6.545.6S1. i During 13 years 9,952 loans have been made to settlers and farmers to I the amount of $9,471,581. besides i which, in 1911, mortgage loans upon ! city and suburban property were made to the extent of $3,007,757. ani Northern Ligtf.s Make Noise. Gertnu-: scientists are greatly Interested Inter-ested in a discussion regarding new phenomena revealevi by the aurora bo-realis, bo-realis, according to recent Norwegian anil German observers. People living ; in the northern part of Norway main- tained that they often hear sounds accompanying ac-companying the northern lights. These sounds are deteriitetl by some as similar simi-lar to the crackling of flames. Accordingly Ac-cordingly German and Norwegian scientists sci-entists started out to investigate the phenomena, and one of them Jav Aabakken, has spent a long time at the Hallde observatory "in Finmarken. Aabakken thinks" that it is very unlikely un-likely that any sound is to be heard from the northern lights. He maintains main-tains that the human senses are not to be relied on. especially regarding the phenomena of sight. He says that the Idea of sound connected with the I northern lights may result frcm the ! fact that these lights look like flames, and as people are accustomed to associate asso-ciate the crackling sound with flames the rather uncritical observer of the blazing movements of the aurora bore-alis bore-alis is apt to think that he really hears the sound of those flames. Not What He Was Looking For. "I never robbed a man but once." fold the honest tramp, "and then I waj starving. He would not give me ? iiiny, and I couldn't stand the gnaings in my stomach any longer. Sn I knocked him down and went through hi pockets. What kind of a had! did I make? Just one little bottle, bot-tle, which read on the label: "Pepsin j i-j- that full feeling after eating.'" |