AUSTRALIA.
trailed Pree. AwoeiaUon-By Eleotrio Te4*Kr»p]»—Copyright. • A FIELD FOR AMERICAN CAPITAL. ißeoaredAprfl 96h, 10.44 e.jn.) < SYDiNEY, April 9. •Dhe Ataerioan Consul in Newcastle re--1 curtly reported that ihere was a favourable #eW yfo* American capital provided fey the terifl. Enquiries ore now being received concerning the opening up of the manufacture of iron goods. TO CHECK GAMBLING. MELBOURNE, April 9. The Federal Postmaster is taking steps to intercept .correspondence . relating to bookmakers' Wiainew, and letter* relating to ohimoh bazaar raffles and art unions. SETTLING THE NEW HEBRIDES. The Federal Premier, Mr Barton, ha< received a communication from Messrs Bums, Pafcp, and Co., stating that they i»ve arranged to throw open thirty tihoueaad acre* ©£ rich alluvial land in the soutfi of 6w»to, in the New Hebrides. A lease will be granted to British trobjects only, in five hundred acre blocks, at a nominal reat«L The .settlers will be conveyed free to tihe Island.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11245, 10 April 1902, Page 5
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