AUSTRALIAN GABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9136, Issue 9136, 8 February 1910, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN GABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Pee Press Association.! SYDNEY, Feb. 7. During tho vovage of the Lord Shaftesbury she called" at Pitcairn Island and reports finding there a lifebuoy marked "Silber Horn. Liverpool." It was cast up on Bountv beach. The fate of the Silber Horn' is one of the sea mysteries of recent times. She left Newcastle on Jun«.\ 1907, for Chili, and was never heard of again. Tho Southern miners have decided to leave a settlement of the strike in the hands of the Amalgamated Council, which meets to-day. Sailed. Casablanca,- for Hokianga. Arrived.—Whangape from Westport. MELBOURNE, Feb. 7. * Tho Federal Treasurer's half-yearly statement shows the total receipts to be £7,626,000, expenditure ■ £3.685,000. The States received back £3,940.000. Cust's largo store at' Rainbow was burned down, the damage done totalling £15.000. LAUNCESTON, Feb. 7. The Patrol, cable steamer, has sailed for Nelson. The s.s. Buteshire from Liverpool to Auckland signalled at Wilson's' Point to-day "all well." Arrived.—Auchendale from Westport. The estate of Sir Frederick Darloy, late Chief Justice of Now South Wales, has been sworn at £45,929, the whole of which is left to Lady Darloy.