MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.
It is announced from Newhaven, Connecticut, that Yale University will erect a telescope observatory either in New Zealand or South Africa. The Paris newspaper “L’Oucvre” says an unnamed French Egyptologist suggests, that the real reason for resealing Tutankhamen’s tomb was the discovery that the coffin was empty. He asserts that Lord Carnarvon, like many previous excavators, found that the tomb had been rifled. The Federal Postmaster-General has commenced an inquiry into the financial effects of cheaper postal rates in other countries. . He states that if the figures show that cheaper rates result in marc liters being scut, sa that the revenue doet not decrease, he will recommend Cabinet to penny postage.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 7 March 1923, Page 5
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113MISCELLANEOUS CABLES. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 7 March 1923, Page 5
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