AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
LOTTERIES ACT
SYDNEY, Dec. 28.—The amending Lotteries andl Art. Union Act will be operative from January 1. In this connection the mast notable alterations will be in respect to sweeps .such as Tattersail's and. the Golden Casket. Provisions in regard to these consultations are extremely severe. It will be illegal to sell ai(, union tickets in the ...ti'cotis. Fewer art unions are probable. NEW • STATE INDUSTR.Y. SYDNEY, Dec. 2fJ.— At present New South Wales- is spending nearly a million a. year on cement. The Government owns the bjsgesl limestone deposits in Australia at Cii'i■'.-■>-'Jap, near Mudgee. An offer has been made Ivy a private concern to develop these deposits, assistedl bv the Government. During the erection of works 11W men would be employed, and l later 300. Cabinet is considering the matter. RESOURCEFUL MOTORIST, LITHOOW (N.S.W.L Dec. 28.—Re-
cently the McDonald brothers, of Sunny Corner, took a party to Bat hurst in thr-ii new motor 'bus. They reached Ralhur-t safely, but seven miles out on tho home journey the radiator was found to be leaking. Efforts to mend it failed, and it appeared that the parly would have to lamp for tb© niffht. However, one
brother decided! to sit vtenr the rndfcdor with a kerosene tin of water. This he poured' into tbe lank at frequent inter vals. Tho ride l was a risky one for him, hnti the.party reached l home all right. though several hours late.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16021, 6 January 1923, Page 6
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