GENERAL CABLES.
ANOTHER SHIPPING BURDEN. By Cable—Press Associatiqn—Copyright Sydney, March 31. When the Lighthouse Act is proclaimed regulations are to be issued im- | posing Federal lighthouse dues upon | shipping. This means an additional burden of £200,000 per annum, as the State Governments refuse to give up the light harbor dues that they now charge. Mr. Cook, Premier, says it is unfortunate, but the coastal lighting must pay. A NEW DREADNOUGHT FOR GREECE Athens, March 31. The Government has ordered a Dreadnought from France. No other foreign yards were invited to tender, EMPIRE PRESS UNION. London, March 31. Owing to the postponement of the Canadian Press Conference till 1915, the Empire Press Union is making endeavors to enlarge the representation. THE NEW HEBRIDES. London, March 31. The Anti-Slavery Society asked Sir E. Grey to receive a deputation as to the urgency of an Anglo-French commission of inquiry into conditions in the New Hebrides. | BRITISH REVENUE. ; London, March 31. The revenue for the year was £IOS,242,897, and the expenditure £197,492,969.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 261, 2 April 1914, Page 2
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