AUSTRALIAN.
'■- X■ ' *. -. r , (Preps Assji.— By Telegraph-rCopyright) ; .(Received April 2, 10-25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 2. ,t The ; High •: Court granted the Common wealth leave to intervene m the 'Brpkeii • Hill trouble* m connection with the Proprietary Company's application to set aside Mr Justice Hißgins* ;recent award m the Arbitration 'Court. , The 'X : strike committee .-•• iuib - decided to reduce strik£ pay. • ; .The Governments of Victoria and ; . Fiji have agreed to accept the tender , .qf ; Mr Sleight, for a direct fortnightly , tft'eairiship 'service .between Melbourne and » Fiji,* .commencing on .. June. 1. The : ' subsidy will be £60(K) « per annum, Victoria paying £1700 and Fiji £4300. •The Commonwealth Customs revenue for. Hhe nine months' isA £8,323,419, a comparative decrease of £769,200/- *Jphe bist#r ri^yeriUe •-. increased ' ? by over J897.000. A y-yy. A- ■-■.■'■•-■:- ?'. '. ' TJie* Mount Lyell returns from February 26th till r'-' MWch 24th "inclusive) are:> 33,365 tons of -pire, 1 were treated, also 196 tons* of purchased ore. . The converters produced .669 lons of blister corner, containing: 661 "tons of copper, 56.929 ounces of silver, 938 ounces of gold*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11817, 2 April 1909, Page 5
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