AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14343, 22 October 1910, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

WELCOME RAINS. Bv Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY, Oct. 21. Soaking and much-needed rain is falling on the coast and the highland districts. Over three inches fell to-day in the city. Dirty weather prevails along the coast. THE MOERAKI DELAYED. HOBART, Oct. 21. The Mocraki arrived to-day. She was delayed by heavy weather and compelled to lay to for several hours. No damage was done. , A PURCHASE OF RADIUM. (Received Oct., 22, 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 22. The Government has authorised the payment of pound for pound subsidy on the £2210 raised for the purchase of radium. SHAKING MOTHER EARTH. A monster shot, consisting of eleven hundred pounds of explosives, was fired at Port Kemhla quarry, dislodging 45,000 tons of stone. . SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. (Received Oct. 22, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 22. The universal Saturday half-holiday operates to-day. ALLEGED DECEPTIVE LETTER. (Received Oct. 22, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 22. Archdeacon Boyce accuses the liquor party of circulating a letter purporting to emanate from -the Alliance, stating that now the liquor trade is under its heel it wants to abolish smoking. He said this was done for the purpose of alienating sympathy. NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS (Received Oct. 22, 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 22. The railway earnings for the quarter are £227,174 above those of the same quarter last year. The working expenses increased by £144,744.