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A VALUABLE ESTATE. By Cable—Press Asseeiation—Copyrigkt. Sydney, March 25. The estate of the late Mrs. Neale, ol Potts Point, is valued at £750,000. SCARCITY OF SKILLED LABOR. Sydney, March 25. The master builders complain of scarcity of skilled labor. Many jobs are delayed in consequence, A STEAMER ON FIRE. Sydney, March 25. The steamer Wymcrie, from Rangoon to Chili, put into Newcastle with her bunkers on fire. The lire, which had started ten days before, was subdued on her arrival, and apparently little damage was done. STRIKERS FINED. Sydney, March 25. The Industrial Court fined the Lithgow Ironworks' strikers sums ranging from one to three guineas, in default one to four weeks' imprisonment. THE HARVESTER STRIKE. Melbourne, March 24. Strike pay amounting to £I3OO is being paid weekly to the. strikers at the implement works. Married men receive 30s a week and single men 20s. COMMONWEALTH'S POPULATION. Sydney, March 25. The population of t|ie Commonwealth at the end of last year was 4,482,896, an increase for the year of 108,758. The number of males exceeded that of females by 518,202. Tasmania's male population was two less than in the previous year, while females had increased by 337. THE FLOUR MILL FIRE. Sydney, March 25, The total damage at Davey's flour mill fire was over £14,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 262, 27 March 1911, Page 2
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