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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1925, Page 2

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»CBIJIAI,IAN AND N.Z. OABI,B ASSOCIATION. T ASA IA NIA N XUR PL US. 1-IORART, July 3. The State revenue for the year is £2,7(5*2.000, an increase of £314,000. The estimated surplus was £-10,000. SURPLUS SHOWN. BRISBANE, July 2. Revenue returns for the financial year ended 30th. July showed a surplus of £10.007, PRODUCE PRICKS. MELBOURNE, July 3. Wheat, nominal (is Id, Gs 2d; oats (milling) 2s 7d. 2s 8d -. feed 2s -id; barley (English) os Gil, Gs, (ape -Is 4d to ■ls Ad; potatoes £8 As to £9; Onions £](> to £l7. FEDERAL POSTAL REVENUE. MELBOURNE. July 3. Tile postal revenue of the Commonwealth for the year ended 30th Juno was L'lO.O-IA.OOd. an increase of £189,(.)();i over the previous year. Stamps showed a decrease ot L‘2X,(I(K) as tile result iif the reduction of letter postage from twopence to three hall-penc-e. DNFY SHEEP SHOW. SYDNEY, June 3. Idle annual Sheep Show has opened. Though there are fewer entries than last year, the quality of the exhibits have been declared by the judges to ho superior to any previous Show. New Zealand is well represented in Border Leicester and other English breeds. New Zealand awards include:—Border Leicester rain, two years and over. .). Nixon. 2nd. : ram. over one year and under two, Nixon Ist and 3rd. ; ram, under one year, Nixon 2nd. and 3rd.; ewe. over one year and tinder two, A\ . O’Rennie, third; ewe. under one year, ,). Nixon. Ist.; liens of two rams, under one one Nixon, 2nd.; pens of two owes, under one year. Nixon, Ist. null 3rd. English Leicester ram. two years and over. Nixon, Ist; ewe over one and under two years, Nixon Ist.; ram, two years and over. Nixon. Ist, Mr Nixon was also awarded the championship for English Leicester rams and ewes. HIDES MARKET. MELBOURNE, July 3. Hides are firm. Lights and mediums are in keen request at sellers’ favour Heavy sheet,vs without substance are in poor demand,. REDEERN MURDER TRIAL. vSYDNEY. June 3. Aves was found guilty, and was sentenced to death. In passing sentence, the Chief Justice said that it was a wanton, cold-blooded murder. N.Z. ATHLETES SAIL. SYDNEY, July 2. At three o’clock the Ulimnron sailed for New Zealand, and at four the Miutiigniitii. The All Blacks and the sculler Hannan are passengers by the latter. art union prize for N.Z. SYDNEY, July 3. The lirM prize in the Help tor Consumptives Art Union was won by Mrs J R. Sanders. South Island. New Zealand. FEDERAL FINANCE. MELBOURNE- Jtd>’ 3 - In the Federal House of Representatives. Dr Earl Page (Treasurer) announced the surplus for the past fin:ltll.j:,| year was fJ4.A7A.475. The recoim- tor the year amounted to £OB,800.178 and the expenditure to £66.81A BA3, leaving the excess of receipts ever revenue at £1.9-H.32A. This, with th-v surplus from the previous year, made up the total of the surplus as stated. Almost, all estimates of expected revenue were exceeded.

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\; i.;,e inquest icm-erning the -loath >i Bmec-ii. the Coroner found that death was due to meningitis, induced l )V a blow struck by Oliver. The latter was committed lor trial on a cltaige of manslaughter.