Cable Jottings
DISPUTE ENDED. —The waterside workers’ strike at Cairns, Queensland, bus ended. AIPIXG WAR WIDOWS. —The Federal Cabinet has decided to fix the pensions for war widows at the flat rate of £2 2s a week, irrespective of the recipient’s other income, instead °f the present minimum of 23s Gd a week. MIGRANTS TO CANADA. —The conference between Lord Lovat, head of the Empire Settlement Board, and the Canadian immigration leaders has been concluded. An official statement says it is confidently expected that the result of the negotiations will be a steady increase in the flow of suitable British migrants to Canada. —A.P.A.U.S. Haul of bad NOTES. —Forged currency notes, of a face value of £10.0(F, were seized at Rangoon at the week-end. Apparently fearing arrest two Indians abandoned a conveyance containing boxes full of forged 10fupee notes. The police raided a house and seized plates and machinery. also arrested three Indians. Burma at present is b°ing flooded with counterfeit notes.—A.P.A.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 9
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162Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 9
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