GENERAL CABLES
GOVERNMENT RESIGN. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) PARIS, February 16. The Government were defeated in the Senate on the women’s franchise, and later resigned. GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND. LONDON, February 16. Sir Leslie Wilson has been appointed Governor of Queensland. MAKING COLONIES MORE PROSPEROUS. LONDON, Feb. 16. Sir J. Cunlitfc Lister, at a dinner at the Lyceum Club, said: "Lo put it in the crudest form,, it is good business for Britain to make her colonies pay." -Some were on the dole, receiving grants, and others were drawing balances from prosperous timeis. “I have asked the Board of Trade to review the tariffs of the colonies giving us a preference today in order to see whether, by an adjustment, we could get something ot even greater benefit for Britain. N.S.W. BONDS. ■'LONDON February lb. On reports that interest was being paid to-morrow, New South Wales 6-i- bonds rose by four points.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1932, Page 6
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