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1 (Per Press Association.) London, May 7. The W«st Au«trglian loan of 11,00,000, at 3 per cent has been placed on the market. The minimum has been fixed at 95. An Australasian Chamber of Mines has been formed in London to provide reliablo information on mining matters in the Australasian colonies. Sir West by Pen-aval's name appears on the list of the founders. May 8. Tiie Western Australian 3 per csnt loan was quoted at a quarter protniuui. As it mark of sympathy with the sufferers by the charity bazaar fire, tho Hon Mr Phillips, Lord" Mayor of London, accompanied by Messrs J. P. Ritohio and B. liogars, Sheriffs of the City, will attend ihe '' Bequiein Mass " at Notre Dame. The imports of the United Kingdom for April "howed a comparative decrease of ; £672,245, while the exports increased by £1.249,895. I The War Office is making enquiries as to the price of Australian compressed bay and oats. Margeston's picture " The Sea hath its Perils " has been purchased for 8000 guineas, and Yeend King's " The Garden by the River " for 500 guineas, on behalf of the New South Wales Government for the Sydney Art Gallery.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 261, 10 May 1897, Page 2
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