The* war has created am unprecedented demand foe Bibles* (says a Rentier cable- message of September 15th), and it' is estimated that the possessor of electrotype plates for printing pocket New Testaments owns something inoro valuable than ever, a steamship.
A deputation of representatives of Agricultural and Pastoral. Associations waited on the Prime Minister regarding the operation of the amusement tax, and suggested that if at agricultural and pastoral exhibitions all side-shows were cut out the amusement tax would be done away with. The reply was that the tax could not be remitted, as money had to be provided.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 251, 23 October 1917, Page 8
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99Untitled Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 251, 23 October 1917, Page 8
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