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3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WILL SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME. Melbourne, March. 15. A caucus of supporters of the State Ministry decided to vote. " yes" on the financial agreement between the Federal Government and the States when submitted to _ the referendum at the Federal elections. (Received March. 16, 8.50 a.m.) THE SWINBURNE-AGE LIBEL CASE. Melbourne, March 16. The High Court has refused the appeal by the proprietors of the Melbourne Age for a new trial in the Swinburne-Age libel case, in which the ex-Minister of Water Works was awarded heavy damages. THE S.S. MORESBY. Sydney, March 16. The steamer Moresby, which recently struck a reef en route to Papua, has been docked. It was found necessary to- remove eleven of the vessel's plates. A number of others are 'damagebT. ' A. FOUNDRY BURNED. Perth, March 16. Silverhorne's foundry at Kalgoorlie was destroyed by fire. The damage sustained amounts to £10,000. A SHIPPING ITEM. Albany, March 16. Arrived —Georgia, from New Zealand.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1135, 16 March 1910, Page 3
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