AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143587, 28 August 1911, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP. Br Electric Ti-iearnpfa.-- Copyright SYDNEY, August 26. The cross-country championship was won by T. 'Wood, with C. Weyman second. A STATE QUARRY. SYDNEY, August 27. The Government lias purchased a road metal quarry at Kiama, together with a steamer, for £14,000. SUICIDE OF A COMEDIAN. (Received August 28, 8.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, August 28. Ted Kalman, a well-known comedian, has committed suicide. DROUGHT IN WESTRALIA. (Received August 28, 8.50 a.m.) PERTH, August 28. The absence of rain in agricultural centres in Westralia is causing serious concern. THE NEW COMET. (Received August 28, 8.50 a.m.) PERTH. August 28. The comet, recently observed by the Lick Observatory, which is visible here, i.-, approximately 30,000,000 miles distant, is travelling rapidly towards tho south-west. NEW TRAWLING GROUNDS. (Received August 28, 8.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 28. Fish trawling grounds have been discovered within SO miles of Sydney. ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING. (Received August 23, 10.10 a<m.) BRISBANE, August 28. A serious attempt was made to wreck a train at Milton. Large boulders were placed on the line, hut they were discovered before tho train approached.