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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 181, 3 August 1915, Page 7

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! [Press Association.] ■ LONDON, Aug. J. John Sainsburv, a provision mw- ■ bhant owning 126 shops, washneu £10 for exposing for sale New Zealand iamb labelled Scotcn at the ivingslaud branch. . , ; The Appeal Court th'c-icieil thai a !e»acv of £10.000 to the Secular Societv'is valid, holding that the objects of th~ society are lawful. ±he blasl>hemv laws have greatly changed during the last century. Discussion oia: such subjects as denial of' religion •■asnd divine- Government of the world -ought not in these days to be treated as contrary to public policy. SYDNEY, Aug. 2. An intense earthquake lasting three liours was recorded at Iliverview, "■5370 miles distant, possibly at Assam. The amateur Athletic Association '.Jvas abandoned all Australasian cham- . pronships. The July revenue decreased by -^0,000 compared -with July of 1914. ■ The Xew South Wales imports de-

creased by £6,078,0:33 and the exports 'far £7.151,150 last year, principally -in wool, wheat, and flour.