GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
BT TILE GRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COITEIGHT, - ISOLATED BY FLOODS. '■ (Rec. Dec. 17, 1.6 a.m.) Brisbane, December 17. Heavy floods have occulted at North Clon- ' curry',' a mining and pastoral centro about •MO rhiles west of Townsville. The town is -isolated, with barely a week's supply of flour and sugar. WOOL SALES. Sydney, December 17. ■'• At the wool sales, the highest price for greasies was lojd. BURGLARS' HAUL.' London, December 16. Burglars visited Barleythorpo Hall, Lord Lonsdale's Rutlandshire sea't, and secured \ much booty, including many Jockey Club relicsand Royal gifts. The burglars overlooked a packet containing £2000 worth of property. , BIG MOTOR TRIP—DONKEY HAULAGE IN SAND. . Adelaide, December 17. The trans-continental motorists, Messrs. Dutton and Aungor, who are trying to roach Port Darwin from Adelaide, have readied Alice Springs, about 1036 miles south of Port For part of the journey a team of donkeys hauled tho car over the Band-hills. MURDERER EXECUTED. Brisbane, December 17. A Russian Polo named Millewski was oxoeutod for the murder of a Hindoo named Wabby at Nanango on August 8. LATE SHIPPING. Sydney, December 17. Arrived: Silver Cloud, from Whitianga.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 72, 18 December 1907, Page 7
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186GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 72, 18 December 1907, Page 7
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