AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
NICE NAViaATION. PHINCESS ' MAY DOES .NOT FORGET. SYDNEY, Augi 5. •The- Restorer reports picking up tbe Sydney endjbf the N.Z. cable 670 miles from Sydney. She Jraoyed it, arid isnow. searchinli for the Nelson end. A beetle -pest -threatens to destroy air the young cocoanut palms in New Britain. MELBOURNE/ Aug. 5. The Princess of Wales' has donated five guineas to a sick children's cot in Melbourne hospital. 'In the 'Gf.N. Steeplechase betting My Mistake is backed down to 5 to I tp win £1500 ; Isis at sixes and Freedom at sevens. LAUNCESTON, Aug. o. ■ Another case of smallpox is reportea<^ —BRISBANE, Aug. 5.The cutter -Cato capsized -in the Maroochy "river, and Frank Douglas and an aboriginal were drowned . PERTH, Aug.-o. A furthef shipment of £280,000 in gold to India has been made.
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Southland Times, Issue 19117, 6 August 1903, Page 3
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135AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Southland Times, Issue 19117, 6 August 1903, Page 3
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