Miss Agnes Benedict is to attempt to swim across the English Channel this month. For twelve years in succession Archer heads the list of winning jockeys in England. Bad look-out for South Australia. The exhausted state of the finances of the colony preclodes the possibility of free education. In England, including operators, there are 4353 women in the Government employ, or 8 per cent, of the total number of civil servants. Recruiting islanders is getting played out. The Fanny has returned to Mackay .after a six months’ absense with only 16 Kanakas. The amount expended by the various English railway companies in managing working and upholding the lines for the past year was about £37,000,000.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 252, 4 October 1884, Page 3
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115Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 252, 4 October 1884, Page 3
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