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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 9, 10 July 1912, Page 7

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By Telegraph.— Press Association. -Copyright. (Received July 10, 10 a.m.) VICTORIAN RAILWAY REVENUE. x MELBOURNE, This Day. Th© railway revenue for the financial year shows an increase of £322,713. [Tho revenue for 1909-10 totalled £1,628,013, showing a Burplus of £155,097.] (Received July 10, 10.15 a.m.) BILLIARDS. MELBOURNE, This Day. ' Th« Williams-Recce match, 9000 up, resulted in a win. for Williams by a. thousand. (Received July 10, 10.15 a.m.) WIRELESS CONGRESS RECOMMENDATIONS. • MELBOURNE, This Day. The recommendations of the International Wireless Congress will probably be endorsed by the Commonwealth. TENDERS FOR LOCOMOTIVES. ADELAIDE, This Day. The Government is calling tenders for seventy-five locomotives, delivery to be made within five years. VALUABLE ART COLLECTION*. LONDON, oth July. The John Edward Taylor art collection has been sold at auction for £267,028. The proceeds have only once been exceeded — at the Hamilton Palace dispersal in 1882. OPEN VERDICT! SYDNEY, 9th July. An open verdict has been returned at the inquest on the body of Thomas M'lntyre, found in the harbour. The deceased was formerly employed as a mechanical engineer by the MasseyHarris Company in New Zealand. He disappeared while travelling on a ferry boat. AUSTRALIAN OARSMEN. SYDNEY, 9th July. The congratulationfi received by the Rowing Association on the Australian victory in the Grand Challenge Cup race included one from Mr. G. Fenwick, president of the New Zealand Association : "Well dome, Australia." CANADIAN REDISTRIBUTION BILL. OTTAWA, 9th July. The Government projects the introduction of a Redistribution Bill based on the recent census. Under this Eastern Canada is likely to los© and the West gain ten seats.