AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
aN important discovery. Received March 19, 9.55 a.m. ADELAIDE, March 19. An important discovery of nitrate of soda has been made at Grampas station, in the Far North. Samples assayed 29 per cent of nitrate; of ammonia. ..♦ (Nitrate of soda is largely used as a manure, and is employed in the arts as a substitute for nitre, bat is unfitted for manufacturing gunpjwder). EGG-LAYING.. A WORLD'S RECORD. Received Manh 19, 10 a.m. BRISBANE, March 19. Six white leghorns entered for the Queensland Government laving competition laid 1,504 eggs, with sixteen days still to go to complete. The previous world's record for the year was 1,494. CLEARING LETTER-BOXES. MOTOR-CARS TO BE USED. Received March 19, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 19. Trials with motor-cars for clearing pillar-boxes have been so satisfactory that the Postmaster-General has decided to use them in the capitals of all the States. OUTBREAK OP ANTHRAX. Received March 19, 10.50 a.m. SYDNEY, March 19. There is an outbreak of anthrax at Gbulburn. t ■. Two men Have contracted the disease. WIRE-NETTING TO BE ADMITTED FREE. Received March 19, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 19. The Federal Senate has decided to admit wire-netting free.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9044, 20 March 1908, Page 5
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194AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9044, 20 March 1908, Page 5
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