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rAUSTRALIAN & CABLE ASSOCIATION] FEDERAL ELECTION RESULT. SYDNEY, Jan. 2. Final figures for the first Senate vacancy give Mr Cox a majority ol 40,406. ’ JUDGE’S COMMENT. DARWIN, Jan. 2. At a sitting of the Northern Territory Commission, Justice Ewing commented severely on the practice of t !“ orown aboriginal witnesses for th along with criminals during t,xals. The explanation given was that U blacks might be terrorised if left
FOOD PRICES RISING. MELBOURNE, January 2. The Federal .Government h >as increased "the of New South Wales wheat to Gs 6d a bushel, and of , £l2 Jss a. ton. Bran and pollard prices are raised to £lO 3s 6d per ton. Bread will be a farthing a loaf higher. The Victorian millers have advancer their prices as follows: Flour to £l4 5s a ton; Bran and pollard £8 a ton , wheat Is per bushel. SYDNEY, January 2. There is a potato famine here ,while New Zealand cables report that none are available for export.
COAL SHORTAGE. ADELAIR.E, This Day. Owing to the c»al shortage caused by the marine engineers strike, the Coal Board has decided to cancel further allotments of coal to non-essential industries.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1920, Page 1
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