AUSTRALIAN NEWS
QUEENSLAND IMMIGRANTS. ; By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyright. Brisbane, March' 16. The Agent-General reports that more immigrants are offering than c an find steamer accommodation. Four vessels have been specially engaged to take out men to build railways. ' POSTAL COMMISSION'S REPORT. ! . "■/,:.:. ' Melbourne, March 10. ' The Postal Commission's report has been published. It contains nearly fivo million words, and represents an outlay of £IO,OOO. 'IMPLEMENT WORKERS" STRIKE. Melbourne, March 10. Further rich finds of gold are reported from the Long Tunnel Mine at Gundagai. TRAFALGAR DAY. ■ ~- Sydney, March 10. A scheme is on foot for city hairdressers to raise the price of shaving to 4d, and haircutting to 9d, with a corresponding increase in journeymen's wages. Brisbane, March 10. The price of haircutting will be raised from Od to Is after May 1. PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. Sydney, March 10. f The State Parliament has been prorogued till May 2. A NEW INDUSTRY. Sydney, March 10. The prospectus has been issued of the Australian Marine Fibres Company with! a capital of £105,000. The company proposes, to convert the large deposits of the marine plant posirlon'ia anstralis at Spencer's Gulf into marketable ■ fibre suitable for cloth-making and other purposes.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 17 March 1911, Page 2
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194AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 17 March 1911, Page 2
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