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I —. \ THE SEDUCTIVE COUNTER LUNCH. !By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Adelaide, May 30. The Licensed Victuallers' Conference j condemned counter lunches. It was I stated that the cost of lunches was far ,! greater than the amount spent in rent. The conference adopted a resolution favoring their abolition.. ( MUNICIPALISATION OF SERVICES. 'Sydney, May 30. The Lord Mayor favors the munieipalisation of the gasworks and ferries. A VALUABLE SITE. Sydney, May 30. The Commercial Travellers' Association has purchased a block with frontages of 64 feet to Pitt and Castlereagh I streets. It is understood that the I price was £40.000, and fine buildings j will be erected upon it by the associa{tion. A RICH YIELD. Sydney, May 30. Fifty tons of ore from the Malleehen | mine, Wyalong, yielded 1069 ounces of smelted gold. MOUNT LYELL COMPANY. Sydney, May 30. The half-yearly report of the Mount Lyell Company "shows net profits of £20,523. The diminution fh profits is entirely due to strikes and generally unsettled Labor conditions. Liquid ; assets show a surplus of £420.581 over , liabilities. THE SEVENTH DAY. Sydney, May 30. Mr. McGowen, while sympathising with . a deputation who favored the stricter ' enforcement of the law against Sunday trading, declined to interfere. Parlia- ; merit, he said, must decide. THE DIVORCE LAWS. Brisbane, May 30. At the Women's Christian Temperance i Union Conference a resolution was car- • ried to petition the Federal Government , for a uniform law of divorce with equal justice to men and women.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 31 May 1912, Page 2
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243AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 31 May 1912, Page 2
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