The Commonwealth revenue for 1922-3 was £64,720,635, and the expenditure was £63,700,485, leaving a surplus of £1,020,150. Postage rates on letters will be reduced from 2d. for [?] to 1½d. for letters up to [?]. Letter cards will be reduced from 2d. to 13d. ...
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Article : 225 wordsAfter touching 3,000,000 marks to the £1 sterling to-day the Berlin rate of exchange recovered to 2,800,000 marks to the £1. ...
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Article : 267 wordsA Chair of Metallurgy will be established in the Melbourne University shortly. On the death of the previous lecturer in metallurgy (Mr. A. J. Higgins), in ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 27 Jul 1923, Page 9
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