AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE. (By Cable— T rets Association —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, May 20. Alderman W. Brooks, a LegislatiTC Councillor, expressed indignation at tho likelihood of the Sydney harbour bridge being built by Americans. It would bo repugnant, he said, to' think, in years to como. that the bridge would be a permanent slur on the capacity of British industry. The work should be performed from beginning to end by British workmen. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. SYDNEY,'May 20. Tli© Royal Agricultural Society is sending its secretary, Mr H. M. Somer, to America, in June, to attend shows in Canada and the United States, with a view to carrying out further improvements in the Sydney show. PRICE OF <JAS IN MELBOURNE.
MELBOURNE, May 20. Tlie directors of the Metropolitan Gas Company, Ltd., has reduced the prico of gas from 6s 8d to 6s 4d per 1000 cubic feet fr>- lighting, and from as L'd to 4s lOd for power. H.M.A.S. PSYCHE TOR SALE. SYDNEY, May 20. The Defence Department is offering tlie iid cruiser Psyche for sale.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17460, 22 May 1922, Page 9
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