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(Received T0.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The Attorney-General, referring -to the possibility of the Chicago Meat Trust -exploiting Australia, did not wish to say to what .extent be could deal -with the Trust till ire knew the facts. "The anti•Erust Bill is directed against combinations injurious to the public," he -said, K! and 7. think we can face the situation." TSLANI* DEVEIOPMBNT. (Received 10.35 a.m.") MELBOURNE, this day. A powerful company has been formed in London to work the rubber plantations of Papua. It has secured 10,000 acres in Collingwood Bay. Great progress is Also being made in the commercial development of the Solomons. Land is -being largely taken up, chiefly for cocoanut growing.
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 138, 11 June 1909, Page 5
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