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[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] AUSTRALIAN NAVY. SYDNEY, This Day.—The Hon. Mr Griffiths has signed the contract between the Commonwealth and State Governments for the building of warships at Cockatoo Island. SENTENCED TO DEATH. PERTH, This Day-—Three aborigines were sentenced to (ieath for murdering another aborigine through resentment at his claiming overlordship of them and their gins.
BUTTER FACTORIES’ CONFERENCE,
SYDNEY, This Day.—The Butter Factories’ Conference resolved to urge upon the Minister of Customs to restore the standard of moisture in butter to 16 per cent, thus closing the open door to adulteration without hardship on the consumer or risking the quality; A COLD SNAP. SYDNEY, This Day.—The weather is bitterly cold ,with snow in the high lands. JEWEL ROBBERY. ... SYDNEY", June 18.—Thieves secured £9O worth of jewellery from a MacLeay street residence. WESTRALIAN MINERAL OUTPUT. PERTH, June 18. —The mineral output for 1911 for Westralia was worth £6,105,853 sterling, a decrease of £416,410 compared with the previous year. SERIO'US BOILER EXPLOSION. SYDNEY, June 18. —A boiler explosion' occurred in Jesmoud Colliery, Wallsend. Three men were injured. The halves of the boiler • were blown 200 yards apart, wrecking the building. RAISING MINIMUM WAGE. Received this day at 10,35 a.m. SYDNEY. This Day.—The City Council has raised the minimum wages for adult male employees to 9s daily. This involves an incerase of’ £35,000 yearly. COST OF STATE EDUCATION. SYDNEY, This Day.—The Director of Education gave evidence before the South Australian Education Commission that the cost of State education was £922,000 in 1907 and £1,222,000 in 1911. A PATRIARCH. MELBOURNE, This Day. James Bins,- a resident of Riddell, celebrated bis 102nd birthday. He is ■in good health and possesses all his faculties. STUDY- OF TROPICAL DISEASES. MELBOURNE, This Day.—The University has decided to provide an Australian diploma for tropical medicine.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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