AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association.-Cop}light. THE CABLE QUESTION. Sydney, April 16. The Eastern Extension Company announce that the Agents-General for South Australia, West Australia, and Tasmania signed the Cape cable agremeiit in London on Saturday, and that the reduced rates for these colonies would come into operation on May 1. The present rates will remain in force for the non-contracting colonies,
THE HOLIDAYS IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, April 16. There has been heavy rain since Saturday, which has completely spoilt tho holidays. Floods are reported in some parts of the colony. , . The Easter encampment was swamped and compelled to break up. . WINTER COMMENCED. . Sydney, April 16. The winter has commenced unusually early. The weather, is bitterly cold, and there is snow on the mountains.. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' CONFERENCE. Melbourne, April 16. The annual conference ot the Commercial Travellers' Association has decided to meet in Dunedin nest year. AGRICULTURAL SHOW. < . , Sydney,. April 16. There were 40,000 people at the Agricultural Show, a, record for Easter Monday,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11348, 17 April 1900, Page 5
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