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CABLES IN BRIEF Gift of House to the Nation: Mr. Cecil Harms worth has presented to the nation the house at 17 Gough Square, London, which Dr. Johnson occupied from 1748 to 1759, and in which he compiled the greater part of his dictionary. . N.Z. Top Dressing: So much that is inspiring has been heard of the wonderful strides made in top-dress-ing and pasture improvement in New Zealand that the N.S.W. Minister of Agriculture has arranged for an agrostoiogist, Mr. J. N. Whittet, to leave on Thursday for New Zealand to make a survey of the work in progress. The possibilities of New Zealand flax being suitable for N.S.W. will also be inquired into.
Irish Free State and Treaty: The Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, stated that the Government had not received any communication from the Irish Free State concerning the Irish treaty, the Free State’s position thereunder, and its relations to Britain. Sir W. H. Davidson: Are you not going to make representations to the Free State on the subject? Mr. MacDonald made no reply.
Tennis Championships: “Another step towards an open lawn tennis championship,” is how the London, “Daily News” describes the Lawn Tennis Association Council's acceptance of a resolution that every affiliated nation should be entitled to hold annually one tournament, hut no more, in which amateurs and professionals may compete on level terms.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 305, 11 December 1929, Page 3
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