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firSTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.] DAYLIGHT SAVING'. MELBOURNE, This Day.—ln the Senate, Senator Gardiner gave notice of the introduction of a Bill to repeal the Daylight Saving; Act. AN M.P. FINED. ADELAIDE, This Day.—Mr. E. IT. Coombe, member of the Assembly, was fined £lO for attempting to cause disaffection. CHEMISTS FOR WAR WORK. MELBOURNE, This Day.—Senator Pearce announced that the Imperial Government had asked for thirty chemists for war work. DECREASE IN CRIME. SYDNEY, This Day.—The Stale prisons report for 191b' nhowa- a substantial falling oft' in the gaol entries and an increase in the, value of the work performed by prisoners. During the year, 9,999 persons were gaoled, a decrease of 929 compared with 1915. Of this number, 6,985 were convicted in the police courts, a decrease of 826 compared with last year. The report concludes: The decrease is attributable to the early closing of hotels.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 March 1917, Page 2
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