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AUSTRALIAN NEWS
By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.) LAUNCESTON, August 15.
No fresh cases of smallpox lvave occurred for a week. There was one death yesterday.MELBOURNE, August 15.
The Federal Executive has authorised the purchase of eight million rounds of cartridges from the Colonial Ammunition Company. The Federal Government are seeking a new electoral division for the House in New South Wales and Victoria. Victorian members succeeded in. getting that for Victoria thrown out, but the debate on that for New South Wales was adjourned Objection was taken on the ground that the drought had driven a large number of people into the cities who as the season improves will return, and it would be a great injustice to the country to alter the arrangement of voting power just now. The .Opposition accused the Government of jerrymandering to save some of the protectionist States. SYDNEY,- Aug. 15.
The fire on the Earl of Dunmore lias been extinguished. The work of pumping out commenced to-day.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 970, 17 August 1903, Page 1
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