AUSTRALIAN.
Pr«ss Assoyiation-By Telegraph-Copyriglit HARIOi SYSTEM OF VOTING. SYDNEY, May IL. Mr McGowan, leader of the Labour Party, lias returned from Tasmania, where he participated in the election campaign. JIo emphatically condemns the Hare system of voting as an absolute negation of the principles of manhood suffrage, and says it only stands for the representation of minorities and various se'ction'ai' ideas. A BRILLIANT METEOR. An. unusually brilliant meteor was seen at Stroud. It was accompanied by loud, .rumblings and strong' atmospheric vibrations. MELBOURNE-FIJI MAIL SERVICE. MELBOURNE, Mpy .10. The Government has accepted Sleigli and Co.'s tender at ■ £OOOO per annum for a- fortnightly shipping service between Melb'ourne. and Fiji. iHARBOUR CHARGES. The Harbour Trust has drawn up a' fresh scale of charges'with" the idea, of protecting local manufactures against inter-State competition. The charges amount to an increase of Is to 3s a ton. A CENTENARAN. Mrs Neate died at Richmond at the age of a hundred years. . ,
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13901, 12 May 1909, Page 5
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