AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
rPEBea Association,]./ TOTALIS&TOR BETTING
:SSDNEY 5 Maoc<3i 25. Sir Joseph ©arruthers has -published ■HJhe ©pinion tifoat -the totalisator is not ait illegal meaais of betting within the •strict meaning of the Gaming Act. TVLr Holman has promised ,an immediate inquiry; , ; CABLE REPAIRING. ■ " ■,;:•• . -SpbsfEY^Hatch 25. ' /The cable steamer PatM &as retbtunedi after wef^hauling^hi& Eastern cable between Bcjtany aiiid Nelson. The actual cost of repairs was £25,----rOOO. The ca>3e laid in 1876 was found to be in better \ coriditipn tihan' the new onje. Both were in excellent 'conaitiion. ...■ '. .. , .-;"•; ■■' AN^CGLLnasj; '; I■■ !...■• ;■: ,/- "; S?©NEK;'■M^6h: .25:- ".. ~ It is imported tfcat.prepai-ationsare :bteirog made to open up- new colliery at Gessnock. The name of- [ the party financing the :ischeme; has I mot been div^gea^ 'but it belifeyed |to be a wealthy speculator who negotiatetifoa- the purchase of 11 the sa.me land; five years ago. It will be the largest eollieiy m the Southern 'Hemisphere. ■• ■ .'
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 5
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148AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 5
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