MELBOURNE,
-^^-iTighFshOftK" of eartKquake was felHtfthi^ city yesterday morning. ; . *Q?lie /Defence . Commission recommend that Queensland undertake the defence of Thursday Island and provide a permanent garrison, thd Other colonies sharing the cost, . The Com--mission "also, recommend a simple" defence: of Port Darwin to protect the landing place of cables, and to guard Against the possibility of the telegraph: stations being surprised. . ■ ;
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Colonist, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7033, 9 June 1891, Page 4
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61MELBOURNE, Colonist, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7033, 9 June 1891, Page 4
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