AUSTRALIAN.
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SYDNEY, February 27. ■:; The. State Government has informed the Prime Minister of its willingness t^ construct destroyers in the Government dockyards.
Wheeler, who .shot himself and a girl named Venus at th? Empire Hotel, is dead. He and Venus wero fcllaw passengers from. England a few months ago.
The depression in the Newcastle district is now so acute that many miners are on the vorge of starvation.' MELBOURNE, February 27. Tho Metropolitan Saturday half-holi-day Bill has pa; -srd both Houses. From May re'xt all shops, with the exception of a few businesses, will close at one o'clock on Saturdays. Owing to tho loss on the telephone rervico, the Government has decided to chnr'/e a rental of £3 to £4 annually. nnd has also fixed a charge per call. Tho latter is not yet decided, but a chargo of :i halfpenny is suggested. ADELAIDE. February 27.
Mount Breckan. a beaut:ful privnt? mansion at Port Victor, has been destroyed by fire, . the damage being £25,000
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12161, 1 March 1909, Page 7
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