AUSTRALIAN GABLES.
(By Electbic Telegraph— (Per Press Association.) Received March 15, 9.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 15. The Postal Department is consider-, ing a Colonial Office despatch dealing with the question of opening the trans-Andine railways, and suggesting a shorter mail route between Australia and England. It is estimated that mails from England could be landed in Sydney in 27 days. Received March 15, 10.5 a.m. Sydney, March 15. Soaking general rain is falling. An attempt was made to derail the train whereto the Chief Commissioner's car was attached at Katoomba. Heaps of stones, placed on the line, caused the engine to partly leave the rails. The Commissioner was not aboard at the time.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9166, Issue 9165, 15 March 1910, Page 5
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113AUSTRALIAN GABLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9166, Issue 9165, 15 March 1910, Page 5
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