AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
PES press association. Melbourne, November 26. The questiou of the legality of sealing ships' stores as soon as they touch an Australian port will shortly be tested. Mr Kingston his directed the issue of a writ claiming £l5O penalty for a breach of the Customs Act against tbe mail steamer Oceana, which recently broke her seals between Sydney and Melbourne. A large gathering farwelle 1 Sir Hector Mac Donald.
Brisbane, November 26,
Samples of butter boxes male of Queensland pine, and deslared to be equal to the New Zealand article, have beeo forwarded to Melbourne. A deputation of Queensland sawmillers will interview the Federal Minister of Customs to urge the > 1 iims of local timber. Owing to tbe prevalence of cholera there, Java has been proclaimed an infected port. Received 27, 1,19 a m. Sydney, November 26. Sailed: Sonoma, at 2.30 p.m. The Mayor spates that plague infected rats have been found in two different parts of the city. SuLigent precautions are being taken. Melbourne, November 26. Arrived: Blackheath, from Bluff.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 281, 27 November 1901, Page 3
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