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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 5

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MORE AMERICAN RACERS. (Received 11.20 a-m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Another shipment of American racehorses, comprising twenty high-class animals, the majority purchased by Mr. Andrew Robertson, Melbourne, the balance the property of Dr. Leach, of Kentucky, has arrived. PACIFIC CABLE. MELBOURNE, December 15. In the Federal House of Representatives Mr. Fraser gave notice to introduce a bill to enable the Pacific Cable Board to lay the proposed cable between New Zealand and Australia, FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK BILL. MELBOURNE, December 15. The Senate has passed the Savings Bank Bill through all' its stages. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. SYDNEY, December 15. A conference between British Association football delegates from the Commonwealth and New Zealand was opened to : day. Mr Salmon Holmes, representing the Dominion, gave a precis of the progress of the game, and showed that there were 582 teams in Xew Zealand and Australia. A resolution was adopted advocating the. promotion of the game amongst boys, including inter-State matches. TWO POLICEMEN KILLED. (Received 11.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. A motor aeeident occurred on Friday. Bth inst.. several members of the police hand being thrown from a car at Camperdown. Constables Riddle and Ogilvio have sinrc died. NEW TARIFF THEOUGH. (Received 10.20 a.m.) MELBOCRXE. this day. The Bouse nf Representatives passed the tariff proposals after i continuous sitting of thirty-eight hours. THE COST OF LIVING. (Received 10.20 a.m.) PERTH, this day. The Arbitration Court, in increasing the wages of timber employees, held that the cost of living had increased by fi/.'l ? week during tne past twel'v months.