CABLE BREVITIES.
The ship Auchmountain, which was burned at Greonook on Saturday, was insured for £30,000. Ie is understood thab the New South Wales Military Commission will recommend an annual saving ot £50,000, while increasing the force by 2,500 well-trained men. Sovoral of the principal officers will probably be retired. The "Sunday Sun," London, reviewing Mr Rees'a book on Sir George Grey, soys Sir George Grey is always ahead of the foremost thinkers, and his failures are more glorious than meaner men's successes.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 212, 6 September 1892, Page 5
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83CABLE BREVITIES. Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 212, 6 September 1892, Page 5
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