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MINE FIRE OVERCOME. NEW HEBRIDES MISSION. A NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA. l'er United Press Association. Ry Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY. March 2H. The manager of the Proprietary mine reports that everything is going swimmingly, IIOBART. March 2:i. The Presbyterian Assembly has accepted the offer of the Reverend Riddle, a .New Zealand missionary, to supervise the Epi district in the New Hebrides. MELBOURNE,. .March 2.'!. The Australian Natives' Conference resolved in favour of tlv establishment of an Australian Navy to act in conjunction with' the British in time of war. RUN NINO WORLD'S RE.CORD. PERTH. March 'J3. Received 2ord, 11.IG p.m. At Northam sports A. Postle covered seventy-five yards in seven and one-fifth seconds, a world's record. The Athletic Association certify that it is correct. MARVELLOUS ESCAPE. MELBOURNE, March -Jl!. At the thousand feet level in the New Chum mine, two men were precipitated SO feet through a ladder breaking. They escaped with slight injuries. One dislocated his shoulder, but the fallen timber, under which he was pinned, pressed the shoulder into place again.
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Southland Times, Issue 19773, 24 March 1906, Page 3
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