GENERAL CABLES.
REDUCED FREIGHTS. ■ LONDON, January 1. Tho mail steamers havo reduced tho freights to 35s for lino and 50s for rough measurement. TRIAL TRIP. LONDON. January 1. Tho Adelaide Steamship Company’s new steamer Grantala, On a trial trip, did sixteen knots an hour. TIME SIGNALS. SYDNEY, January 2. Tijurt t'ignals were- successfully exchanged over the ' Pacific cable with Washington yesterday. The last message was received in Sydney thirteen and a half seconds after leaving Washington. FRUIT FLY. ' PERTH, January 2. Tlio Government Entomologist proceeds to Brazil to secure a parasite for tho fruit fly.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5164, 4 January 1904, Page 5
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95GENERAL CABLES. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5164, 4 January 1904, Page 5
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