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(Ele.c. Tel. Oopyrignt — Dnltefl Press \»'in.) (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON. Dec. 29. Mr J. D. Riley (Liberal) has been returned unopposed for Whitechapel, succeeding Six S. Samuel (Liberal), who has resigned for business reasons.
MELBOURNE, Dec. 29. To meet the requirements of the new licensing law 250 barmaids have registered themselves. Identification marks have been recorded to prevent trafficking m certificates.
I , SYDNEY, Dec. 29. The Jockey Club has approved of five toto.lisa.tor companies registered m Sydney .being asked to submit a proposal m connection with the erection of machines at Randwick. It is estimated that the miners lost £240,000 m wages during the late coal strike. [ Victorian over-sea trade m 1916 is o.vpected tp show a decrease of £5,000,000 m imports and an increase of £4,800,000 m exports, as compared with 1915 ! The Postmaster-General intends to place his Department on a- sound economical foundation, and foreshadows changes m the rates and conditions of Government telegrams, lettergrams, newspapers, and magazines.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14185, 30 December 1916, Page 3
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161CABLE NEWS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14185, 30 December 1916, Page 3
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