AUSTRALIAN NEWS
PLAGUE OF GRASSHOPPERS. SYDNEY, March 21. A plague of grasshoppers invaded part of the Riverina district, and is doing considerable damage. Paddocks have been eaten away in less than a day. On many farms, the grasshoppers are so thick that fallow paddocks from a distance look like stubble. TIN FIELD IN TASMANIA. HOBART, March 21. The Government Geologist has returned from the tin field lin SouWi-West Tasmania. He says that the field has vast possibilities. N.S.W. PROHIBITION POLL. SYDNEY, March 21. At the forthcoming Prohibition referendum in September, only a simple majority will be necessary to carry Prohibition. Voting is compulsory. PEND XxZE AND NINE. The well known -‘in ventie” watch that Minsofe’s are selling is 5/0, the threepence is for postage. 7/8 for 'h watch with radium dial.—Adv[_*
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Grey River Argus, 22 March 1928, Page 5
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