AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9303, 20 March 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

♦ — =— — LAWN TENNIS. NEW ZEALANDER PLAYS BRILLIANTLY. [PRESS ASSOCIATION,! SYDNEY, March 19. In the lawn tennis match, New South Wales defeated Victoria by 15 rubbers to 0. Parker, the ex-New Zealander, was in splendid form, and defeated tihe southewa champions, Heath and Dunlop. Hie excellent all-round play frequently brought down- the hhousee c PROSPERITY OF VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, March 19. - A laa-ge gathering farewelled Mr Bent, Premier of Victoria,, prior to his departure for England. Referring to tihe prosperity of the State, Mr Bent stated that after the nexit conversion loan, for the next six years there would be .required fox conversion only £150,000 per annum.