AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(By, Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (P«r Freai Association)^ (Received Oct. 24, at 9.46 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This 'day. It is understood the Orient Company has modified the tender for carrying the •English mails by 'something over £100,000 annually. . • The barque Hirotha has arrived from Whangarei after a stormy passage of 36 days. Captain Davies is ill. '. Hospital Saturday and Sunday's collections amount to £5900, or JGBOO above last year. . v
BRISBANE, This 'day. This State has been declared free of plague.^ A 61-ounce nugget has been found in the Dee river. ,
PERTH, TEis 'day. A yacht capsized, and two men—
Davis and Dunderdal—were drowned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7941, 24 October 1904, Page 5
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103AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7941, 24 October 1904, Page 5
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