AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
THE FEDERAL TAEIFF. (Received 9.31 a.m.)' MELBOURNE, this day. Tlie Senate has passed the excise duties. An attempt to recommit the tariff failed. MOUNT LYELL RETURNS. (Received 9.31 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The Mount Lyell returns from February 17 till March 25, inclusive, show that 32,232 tons of ore were treated, besides 721 tons of purchased ore. The converters produced G75 tons of blister copper, containing: Copper, 667 tons; silver, 51,541 ounces; and gold, 1734 ounces. CRIME IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Received 10 a-m.) SYDNEY, this day. The annual report of the InspectorGeneral of Police shows that the arrests for the year totalled 26,370, a decrease of 30. Serious crimes showed a slight decrease. SUBSIDY FOR RIFLEMEN. (Received 10.7 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The council of the Rifle Association of the Commonwealth resolved to endeavour to send a team to Bisley next year to compete for the Kolapore Cup, and asked the Minister for Defence to grant £2000 to assist. The Minister promised favourable consideration of the proposal.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 3 April 1908, Page 5
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