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A TIDAL WAVE. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, ADELAIDE, November 20, A tidal wave swept the shore at Glenelg: The water suddenly rose six feet and rushed inland two hundred feet beyond high water mark, INCOME TAX BILL, HOBART, November 20. The Income Tax Bill has passed the Assembly by a majority of live votes. QUEENSLAND’S DESPERATION, BRISBANE, November 20. The Treasurer, in an interim statement proposes to raise £600,000 by Treasury Bills with a currency oi ten years, interest not to exceed 4 per cent. The bulk oi the money is required to meet last year's delicit. The bills' will be retired at maturity by a proposed special land sale. The Treasurer hinted, without committing himself as recommending it, that the railways might be disposed o£ at their capital value,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 576, 21 November 1902, Page 1
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