AUSTRALIAN NEWS
o — (Per Press Association—Copyright.) Eeceived July 5, 10.9 a.m.' SYDNEY, July 5. The City Council scheme for electrically lighting Sydney, has been practically ;completed. There : will bo ah official auguraiion on Friday. ■■■'■ A portion of the Australia's salved tea, has .arrived; the bulk being in; excellent condition. The barque General Gordon, which recently left Melbourne for. Queenstown,; put into Sydney stripped of her sails and bearing trace, of hay-; ing suffered other damage from gales. ', f ' The coal exported from Newcastle for the six months was 1,482,000 tons to the value of £651,475, being a decrease of 225,000 tons as compared with the las. corresponding half year. BRISBANE, July 5. A two hundred- and f_nr ounce nugget has been found 01* Petear'is Eush. ADELAIDE, July 5. Mr Butler becomes Treasurer and Minister for Lands. Eeceived July 5. 10.23 a.m. > ' SYDNEY, July 5. During the last few days fifty-five pl'ag.ued rats have, been caught/ iv th.; vicinity of.'Da.''ing harbour Arming vessels report the continuance of rough weather. MELBOURNE,- July 5. _ The Executive, has appointed Lord Jersey the Commonwealth's representative on the. Pacific-Cable Board. The_ late Mr Eobinson's report on the New Guinea affray has been received, but the Government will not divulge its contents until Lord NorthCote has seen it. , ■ ' .- -PEETH, July 5. Ihe plague patient is dead.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7881, 5 July 1904, Page 8
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