AUSTRALIA.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-^Copyright. A WELL-KNOWN YACHT SUNK. SYDNEY, February 1. /The well-known yacht Waitangi, which wen the first inter-State race of Australia, Bank at Noumea, after a collision with the Meseageries-Maritiines steamer Pacificjuo. The crew escaped. N.S.W. LABOUR CONFERENCE. The political Labour League Conference will make the cessation of eales of Crown lands a prominent fecture in its programme. Ihe Conference will oteo favour the establishment of a Public Trust Office on the lines of tiie New Zealand one, State control of the liquor traffic, and, where practiceable, State manufacture of alcoholic beverages. A NEW ZEALANDER'S INVENTION. MELBOURNE, February 1. The Federal Postmaster-General hae decided to make a trial of the invention of Mr Gell, of New Zealand, for increasing the speed in. the transmission of telegrams.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11806, 2 February 1904, Page 5
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