AUSTRALIA
United Press Electric Telegraph—Copyright. TASMANIAN FISHERIES. MELBOURNE, April 20. Owing to the stringent regulations imposed by the Tasmanian Fisheries Commissioners, it is probable that all the Victorian fishing boats engaged round the islands in [Bass Strait Avill be laid up, throAA’ing two hundred men out of employment. Steps Avill be taken to ask the Federal Parliament to bring all the fisheries in the State under the Commonwealth control. POPULATION OF THE COMMON--7 WEALTH. (Received April ZZ). 1.4 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 21. The Government statistician states that the population 'of the Commomvealth. during the past tAVo years only increased about 2 per cent. For a young community, tho proportion should be much higher. HEAVY RAIN. Heavy rains haA r e fallen in the north. Nearly six inches Avere recorded at TAveed in tAventv-four hours. ‘ BUBONIC PLAGUE. PERTH, April 21. Fremantle has been declared clean of the plague.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13107, 22 April 1903, Page 7
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