GENERAL CABLES
WORKMEN’S WAGES. i (Received March 12, 1 a.m.) , . 1 SYDNEY, March 11. . \ With a view to checking men working on new railways squandering their money the State Minister of - Public Worts has proposed to stop two shillings jer day out of each- man’s wages, and land over the accumulation to each workman when ho leaves. . count^toLstoi. (Received March 12, ■ 6.15’ a.m.) LONDON, Mardh 11. The Synod of the Russian Church has ex-communicated Count. Leo Tolstoi owing to. -his anti-Christian teachings. A SAVING FOR INDIA. LONDON. March 10. The absence of so many troops in South Africa and China saves India £240,000 during the current year. H.M.S. PHtEBE. LONDON, March 10. H.M.S. Phoebe (2575 tons) has sailed' to replace the Porpoise on the Australian Station. DR THORNTON. LONDON, March 10. It is now stated that Dr Thornton, late Bishop of Ballarat, has been appointed Assistant-Bishop of Manchester. ■ REFLOATING A STEAMER. LONDON, 'March 10. The Germ an-Australian liner Somerfield, which recently ran on a sandbank in the River Elbe, has been refloated.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4303, 12 March 1901, Page 5
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