COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 89, 22 April 1913, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

THtj NATAL' T^ANSP^RT,.. 5 | [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] : > [United-Press. Association.] i t: 0 >.'' r Sydney, 1 April 21. The agents' of thb'Natal Transport havd "advised that she is safe'at Borneo since April 12. '' She is going direct thence, instead of calling at . NewcgstlOs anticipated. _ • AUSTRALIA’S RAILWAYS, i s f ; t ! . , . i : ; J . V I , ; - Sydney, April 21. An Inter-State Conference of Railway Engineers recommends the ■ unification of : the trtink : lines on a 4ft-. SJin gauge. The estimate cost was £13,500,000. It was considered that the, unification of the whole of the linos essential wOuld cost £37,000,000, hut a smaller scheme would suffice at present. ■ GREATER SYDNEY. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, April 22. A royal Commission is to be appointed to report on the proper basis for establishing a Greater Sydney. OSMYRIDIUM. Hobart, April 22. A miner at Bald Hills discovered what is thought to be the largest specimen of osmyridium known in the world. It weighs nine penny-weights. U.S.S. CO’S. NJSW STEAMER. (Received 10,5 a.m.) Melbourne, April 22. Arrived—Union Company’s new Pacific liner, Niagara.