VARIOUS CABLES
ROBBED OF HER JEWELS. Sj Talesrzph.—Press Association.-Copyright. ROME, April 27. A German princess was robbed of £40,000 worth of jewels in a train between San Remo and Lugano. WRIGHT'S AEROPLANE. LONDON, April 27. Wilbur Wright, In demonstrating the possibility ot dispensing with starting rails, raised his aeroplane 200 feet from the bare ground. He will come to England on Wednesday. A YACHT MISSING, MELBOURNE, April 28. The yacht Lily with five men aboard is missing, and it is feared that she must have foundered in Sunday’s gale. SALE OP AN ESTATE. MELBOURNE, April 28. Air Horsefall’s famous Widgiewa estate has been sold to Falkiner and Sons for £250,000. This Includes the sheep. A BAD SEASON. MELBOURNE, April 28. For the year ended March cattle In Victoria decreased by 268,000, dairy herds losing 100,000 cows. Sheep decreased by 160,000, and pigs by 31,600. The shrinkage Is attributed to the bad season. JAVANESE COOLIES. SYDNEY, April 28. A batch of 199 Javanese coolies has arrived en route for the New Caledonia nickel mines.
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Southland Times, Issue 14095, 29 April 1909, Page 6
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173VARIOUS CABLES Southland Times, Issue 14095, 29 April 1909, Page 6
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