GENERAL CABLES.
BULLFINCH FIELD PROGRESS ING.
(Received 5. 9.45 a.m.) Perth, Jan. 5. A scheme for supplying the Bullfinch field with water is nearly completed.
The railway is making good progress.
THE KING S CONGRATULATIONS.
(Received 5. 8.50 a.m.) London, Jan. 4.
The King, in a letter through Sir A. Bigs, congratulated the “Daily Graphic.” on its 21st birthday and the successful way in which it had been managed.
He trusts it will continue to enjoy many years of prosperity.
GOVERNMENT AID.
(Received 5. 8.55 a.m.) Sydney, Jan. 5
Government has decided to assist prospectors in erecting State crushing plants.
PRESENTATION TO LADY. POORE.
(Received 5, 8.55 a.m.) Sydney, Jan. 5.
The ladies of Sydney presented Lady Poore with a handsome gift of jewellery in view of her early departure for England.
ASTRONOMICAL EXPOS! TIONS.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.]
(Received 5. 9.45 a.m.) London, Jan. 4.
Prof. A. W. Bickerton has published a column letter in the “ Times ” describing the impact theory apropos of the discovery of the eighth magnitude star in the Milky Way. He also read a paper before the British Astronomical Society.
EXCISE RETURNS.
Melbourne. Jan. 5.
Federal Customs Excise returns for the six months ended December are £6.460,638. The revenue shows a surplus of £680.898.
HEAVY RAINS DISORGANISE TRAFFIC.
Brisbane. Jan. 5. The railway service at Cairns is disorganised by wash-aways. Nearly twenty-eight inches of rain fell at Babinda Creek in two days.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 19, 5 January 1911, Page 8
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