AUSTRALIAN CABLES
Tegelprab. Press Association. Copyright Sydney, December 12. Potatoes are easier. Local new, £d to £10 5s ; Derwents, £8. The Rev Matthew Walker, sentenced in July to six months imprisonment for perjury, and subsequently sentenced to an additional two months for refusing to give evidence, has been released. This Day. A sale of obsolete naval supplies realised over £5000. A torpedo brought £-100. The steamer Australia from China when in latitude 10 south, ran into a peculiar thick haze which continued until reaching the Australian coast. It was so dense that it was impossible to descern objects a mile or two ahead. It evidently was a result of the recent volcanic action. Adelaide, This Day. The search disclosed a little wreckage on Kangaroo Island and at Port Victor, but there was no indication as to what vessel it belonged. Melbourne, December 12. The body of a young butcher named Robert Warburton was found in the Park shot through the head. He had a revolver by his side. It is supposed to be a case of suicide. His parents are believed to reside in Auckland.
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Feilding Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 141, 13 December 1902, Page 2
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