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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 250, 21 October 1915, Page 4

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NEW YORK. Oct. 20

A further £5,C00,000 worth of ;.«o!<3 has arrived under v:arship escort, con-* signed to Morgan and Ocmpanv. LONDON, Oct. 19. The judges were pleased with the? general quality of the exhibits, at the butter shew.- Many lost points foil inferior packing. SYDNEY, Oct. 20. The report of Mr Carmichael, who,as Royal Commissioner, inquired into* the worling of the Murrumbidgeo irrigation areas, discloses the fact thati the loss on fifteen Government business undei if kings in two years was* i,u-r £ 23,000. A large percentage ot! the settlers are heavily in arrearsThe Commissioner makes a numberj of suggestions for better manage-* riient and a re-castfng of the con^ ditions of settlement and the system! of advances, which total overt £123 000.

MELBOURNE, Oct. 21. In the actions for alleged slander! bi ought by Messrs Fisher and Peam* against one Spencer, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant 'in both! cases.

[Bpencer, a drill foreman, it was alleged, made a statement imputing criminal offences against the two, Federal Ministers.]

Mr Muiray, commenting on thej West Ai stralian Horse-racing Corn-* mittee^s report, said that _ the '.nbvty* ducti» n of the totalisator in Victoria! was desirable from a revenue point ofi view. It could not be introduced witli the Government taking all the profile* The clubs wo.-dd have to run thof totalisator. How to divide the profits! was the problem. There was ijui chance of the Bill's passing this session. Though a majority of the mem-* bers favored the totalisator they wero far from agreeing with the details ofi the Bill.

BRISBANE, Oct. 21. Urder the provisions of the Sugar! Acquisition .4 ct the Government ha 3 taken over 7000 sheep, owing to the belief that the «l:eep had been 3ol«H for consignment to New South Walaaf meat works. ; •,