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Sofiu, April 16. The Bulgarian Government has resolved to dissolve the Macedonian Revolutionary Committee. London, April 16. Tiie Agents-Goneral have presented a joint memorandum to Mr Haubury, President of the Board of Agriculture, suggesting a definite standard, 16 per cent, of moisture in butter. If this limit is exceeded, to make it compulsory to label it as butterine or some other design implying that the commodity is not pure butter.
Sydney, April 16. There was one case of plague to day. Melbourne, April 16. It is understood that the Eastern Extension Cable Company has expressed its willingness to accept a uniform cable agreement with the Commonwealth for a period of twenty years in exchange for the agreements at present existing between the company and the various States. The company proposes to charge on all cables between the Commonwealth,
India, and China 2s 6d per word on the basis of a uniform terminal rate here of five pence per word.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 392, 17 April 1902, Page 2
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