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Press Association—By; Telegraph—Copyrighti ' MR REID'S MINISTRY: ■■-.■■ ■■■.'-.• SYDNEY, August 24. (Received Aug. 24, at 10.15<p.m.) . ■ »■ : Mr Reid) the Premier, informed the House that he would announce the new Ministers in a. few days. '■'■ '. - DUTY ON SUGAR. The Premier has decided to retain the duty of £3 per ton on sugar, the concession to " apply only to growers employing white labour. » ' •.,,- THE COAL TRADE. Since the conclusion of the war there has been a big revival in the coal trade witlj Manila. ' '■' . PAYING RAILWAYS.1 . (Received Aug. 25, at 0.50 a.m.) ; ; .. The report of the •Railway,Conimissioner& shoe's a net profit of £1,413,000, representing jfiS'lSs'per cent, on the^capital invested.' The tramways' returned a profit of £54,000, or £3 14s 9d per cent, on the capital. : ..'.A DESTROYER OF TICKS. ■i :■ ■.:'■:-. '•:<><'-. \-.: ■ BRISBANE. -August 24. ' (Received Aug. .24,-at 9.25 :a;m.i " 'Experiments have demonstrated that r»> . 5, fuse water from wool-scouring works is effep ■ tive as a preventive and destroyer of ticks.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11201, 25 August 1898, Page 4
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156INTERCOLONIAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11201, 25 August 1898, Page 4
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