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(Br Electbio Telegraph—Copybight.) tPBB PBKSa ASSOCIATION.! , SYDNEY, December 16. At the inquest on Guard Costello, killed in the Zigzag accident, a verdict of manslaughter was returned against .Driver Bourke, Fireman Fowler and Guaid Corr of the runaway train on the ground of negligence. .• Received December 17, 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, December 17. Bullock, the inter-State Rugby player and University forward, has been selected as Rhodes scholar. \ A party of 48 Dalmatians to work on the Auckland- gumficlds left in the Manuka. MELBOURNE, December 17. The States Government was asked by the Minister of External Affairs whether they were prepared to take up a monorail offer. This is viewed as an indication that the Federal Government does not feel justified in accepting the inventor's terms. PERTH, December 17. • Fragmentary details of the pearling disaster continue to filter through. Nearly 30 lives were lost and 26 men are still missing.
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Manawatu Standard, Issue XLI, 17 December 1908, Page 5
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149AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Manawatu Standard, Issue XLI, 17 December 1908, Page 5
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