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STATE ENTERPRISE. PERTH. Aug 6.— la tfie Assembly, the Preroier stated that the State controlled, enterprises, taken ,as a whole, made a net profit of £2J0,0€0 last year. The steamers lost £7*ooo, but the sawmills gained £27,000.
UNSUPPORTED AIJiEGATIONS. . MELBOtJENE, : August 6.— Sensitdr Pearce, referring to the rumour of! tfie sale of Bed Cross goods in Egypt, said [that it was impossible to obtain tangible evidenoe in support of the state- i merit. In not a single instance was a complaint submitted, which wpultj. justify an investigation, the informants invariably stating that the complaints _ were founded on hearsay stateinente.
NO BLACK LABOUR. BRISBANE, August 6.— The .Treasurer has announced that black labour is to be abolished on th« canefields. The Government is determined to make sugar a white man '.s, industry. Employers are. ■ required to make the change by September- 15th.
DEATH OF A SOLDIER. DAKNEVIRKE,' 1 -•''August . 6.— Private Robinson, of Gisborne; who was taken from the express train on JDue'saay last suffering from cejoebro,.,:spinal,Meningitis, died in the Dannevirke Hospital last night. .
PARLIAMENT'S TERM. MELBOURNE, August 6:— The Caucus decided to submit another Referendum Bill dealing vith an €«tebsaon : of .
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Grey River Argus, 7 August 1915, Page 5
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