AUS TRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
Sydney, January 11. - Tho Colonial Treasurer has ordered the immediate issue of a million and a quarter's worth of Treasury Bills of two years' currency, at 4 per cent. iJRisiiANE, January 12. A telegram announces that Captain Carpenter, of the barque Costa Eica, wns arrested at Ternate, in the Malay Archipelago, by tho Dutch authorities fo*r alleged piracy in stripping a wrecked junk. After some difficulty the British Consul at Batavia secured his release. Three fine sapphires have been discovered near Rockhampton. One of them is the finest found in Australia. It weighs 126 carats, and is valued at £3UO. Hodart, January 12. At a meeting of the Advancement of Science Association yesterday, Professor Hutton, of Ohristchurch, New Zealand, read a paper on Australian birds.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9287, 13 January 1892, Page 2
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128AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9287, 13 January 1892, Page 2
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