AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144670, 3 May 1915, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

HOSPITAL SAT UP DAL. 1)1 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY. May 2. The result of the Hospital Saturday street collections was UOIUI, making, with indoor collections, a total ol £9B24—a record. It is expected the final returns will easily top I'lo.ooo. which tha committee for years, has aimed at, NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT. SYDNEY. -May 2. Official returns makes the 1914-15 wheat yield 12.800,000 - bushels, which is 2.900,000 bushels below the previous estimate. AN EARTHQUAKE RECORD. (Received May 3. 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 3. The seismograph at Riverview College recorded a.u unusually intense earthquake. STOO miles due north of Sydney. The disturbance was probably, centred at Kulile Islands and not in Japan. The record extended over four hours.