CABLE NEWS.
(Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.3 (Received May 1. 10 a.m.) SYDXKY\.,May 1.. The Ballarat carried JH.Mrge- cargo including 325 bales of v ®Dpij,97B tons of wheat, 19,56 crates of "risbraits, 210 each of hinds and forces <>i J beef. ■ Winchcombe aua^Cfarson's annual \>uol v-eyiew say? : Apavt^frnni the question of delay in the rea'lfeation of wool, growers have reason to'-'be very well satisfied at the results of the Imperial Government's purchase of tlie clip. It is officially (announced that the tttate Government's contract with Norton Griffith's 1 Company has been cancelled. The' terms are satisfactory to both parties: The Government's reasons for «eeking v a- release from the contract, involving several millions, were the difficulties arisnig from the war in obtaining plant, materiTil; and necessary labor. The cancellation "means the stoppage of a number of '■in^portant public works, throwing many 'einploy ees out of work.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 5
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147CABLE NEWS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 5
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