GENERAL CABLES.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright, Melbourne, January 8. The arrival of a photograph clearly establishes the fact that the man who stuck up a bank in a suburb of Capetown, and after shooting the cashier took his own life, was George Goodwin Couch Smith, a former resident of Melbourne. The steamer Innaminoka, bound from Adelaide with a large number of passengers, struck on a sunken rook off Rotten Point, and was severely damaged at the stern. There was a heavy inrush of water, but the pumps succeeded in keeping it in check till the vessel reached Melbourne. The coast washidden by smoke. Brisbane," January 8. Arrangements have taeenmadefor another batch of 30 Victorian farmers to settle on the wheat lands of the Central District. Last" year 605 estates were sequestrated in Queensland, being an increase of 185 on the figures of the previous year. Received January 9,sp.tn t London, January 8, The statement that the Khodesiau Railway Construction Company had purchased Eeira from Portugal is denied.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3328, 10 January 1898, Page 3
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