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News from Everywhere Dr Arthur proposes a half penny beer tax
Dr Arthur proposes a half penny per grain of beer sold to fund milk for poor children. The item notes forged £1 notes at the Commonwealth Bank Melbourne, a bank cheque forgery incident, and a robber seized after swallowing a forged cheque. It covers rescues, a court fine for indecent language, a child’s shotgun accident, and local treasure finds. Also reports floods in New Zealand, a hospital matron’s resignation stance, and a hospital souvenir.
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Arthur
Mibv A
Commonwealth Bank
Melbourne
Bank of New South Wales
Peak Hill
Main
Queensland
Peak Hill Hospital
J. W. McLaren
Shipwright's Point
Hobart
Orange Police Court
Summer Street
Taree