LATE CABLE NEWS.
Pbe Pbbss Association— By Electric Tblbgbaph— Copyright. BeTseived March 21, 10.10 a.m. Sydney, March 21. Mr Manifold, one of the returned Victorian polo players, speaks highly of the treatment the team received in New Zealand. The fastest ponies and the best ground were found in Christchurcb, and the largest attendance in Wellington. Melboubne, March 21. • Fine designs have been drawn up for arches — the chief arch to be the Queen's arch — in Collins street. The Queen's arch will be surmounted by a gilded figure of the late Queen. Statues of the King and Queen and the Prince Consort and one emblematic of Victoria will surround the central figure. \ Brisbane* March 21. Owing to the severanoe of the Chief Weather Bureau from the Post and Telegraph Department, in consequence of that Department becoming a Federal t one, it has been found neoessary to abandon the despatch of weather? reports to the head telegraph offices of the sister States, this item alone costing J819.000 per annum.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VXII, Issue 7155, 21 March 1901, Page 2
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