GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
The Duke of Westminster broke his collarbone while playing polo at Roehampton. H.M.s. Inflexible, recently injured in a collision off Portland, has been floated out of dock. The Federal Parliament House will be the only Federal building illuminated for the Coronation. The others will carry a few flags. The Commonwealth copper coinage, similar in design to the silver coins, is being distributed. Already £3250 worth has been issued. An artesian flow of between two and a-half and three million gallons daily has been struck at Boolagarda station, north of West Australia. The Federal Government has encaged an expert to inspect the lighthouses round the whole Australian coast. The voyage will occupy about a year. Mr Lewis Harconrt ( Secretary of State for the Colonies) gave a large week-end house party at Nirneham Park, as a welcome to the overseas Ministers.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1911, Page 5
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142GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1911, Page 5
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