CABLE NEWS.
(Eleo. TeV Copyright— United Prfess Assn.J (Received March 16, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, March 14. Tin is at £322 to £520; silver 435; other metals unchanged. * SYDNEY, March 16. In connection with the War Loan campaign, besides State capitals, country towns are being pitted against each other. Exciting competitions are anticiI pated. . . / i The State House adjourned, until March 27th, after accepting the Council's minor amendments hi the Arbitration Bill. . PERTH, March 16. The Assembly read a second time Bills amending the Loaj? and Inscribed Stock Act by raising the maximum interest payable from 4 to 6£ per cent; raising the dividend duty from Is to Is 3d m the pound, and authorising the Government to take six instead of three and a-half per cent, of the gross totalisator takings. MELBOURNE, March 16. The late Rear-Admiral Bridges left real estate valued at £243,059, and personal property valued at £232,524. Mr. Pearce has announced that Cabinet had decided: not to pay a bonus to recruiting sergeants ag outlined* m the new recruiting scheme.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14555, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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