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NEW ZEALAND POTATOES. I HOUSEWIVES OPPOSE EMBARGO. Press Association). SYDNEY, August. 1. A meeting of the Housewives’ Association decided to cable to the New •Zealand Agricultural Department, 'asking for the truth concerning the probability of disease arising from the importation of New Zealand potatoes. They will also petition the Prime . Minister to lift the embargo on Now Zealand potatoes. AUSTRALIAN TRADE. EXCESS OF EXPORTS. MELBOURNE, August 1. The official figures of the Commonwealth’s external trade for the past year reveal that pxports exceeded imports by £1,152,142. The aggregate value of exports was £144,780,175,. and of imports £143,628,033. ELECTRIFICATION COST. SYDNEY SUBURBAN RAILWAY. SYDNEY, August 2. The cost of the electrification of the suburban railway system, which is nearing completion, is estimated at £14,000,000, not including the construction of the city underground electric railway. THEFT OF £IOO. ADELAIDE, August 2. Mrs Souter, employed by a produce merchant, was returning from the bank with £IOO to pay growers when she was knocked clown by a man who stole the money, and escaped on the footboard of a moving motor-car.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1929, Page 5
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