AUSTRALIAN NEWS
VARIOUS INTERESTING ITEMS. MACHINE GUN MANUFACTURE. EQUAL TO BRITISH MADE (Reed 8.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The manager of the Walsh Island Government workshops states that he can turn out machine guns equal to the best made in England. Another case of scale tampering !has come to light at Coolma racecourse. Connections were laid for a hundred yards, from a creek to a position under the scales, and had apparently been used for years. MELBOURNE, This Da{y. A Commonwealth oil expert at Papua, in sending the first barrels of oil exported, says, even If they are unsuccessful in deep boring, it is possible to sink 160 shallow wells, capable of yielding 6000 gallons daily. PERTH, This Day.
In replp to a deputation from, the All-British Association, asking that alien enemies emloyed in the Government's departments be removed, the Premier answered that he would act in accordance with fair play. He would not dismiss naturalised Germans without cause. If anyone would hiring definite instances of disloyalty he would take prompt action.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 30 August 1915, Page 4
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172AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 30 August 1915, Page 4
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