GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
There have been 14 deaths from plague at Shanghai. Rumball retained the Australian amateur billiards championship. The King is to present Victoria primary schools with 75 portraits of himself and the Queen. The South Australian revenue for the year ended March 31 was £4,181,000, and the surplus £217,000. McVilly, amateur champion sculler of Australia, will represent Tasmania at the Olympic Games at Stockholm. Owing to the coal strike, exports of coal to India and Burmah during 1910 decreased to the value of £127,247. In the 200 metres breast stroke championship of Sweden, ' Henning (Stockholm) won in 3m 8 8-6s; Finlay (Westralia) being second in 3m 11 2-s*.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 191, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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110GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 191, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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