AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
NO SHIPS PROM AMERICA. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn (Received Dec. 7, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY. Dec. 7. Private cable advices indicate that no steamers are scheduled by any line from New York to Australia. The freight position on the Pacific Coast is similarly acute. BIG COPRA FIRE. (Received Dec. 7, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 7. Fire destroyed copra valued at £25,000 at the Texas Oil Company’s depot at Greenwich. NEW SOURCE OF ALCOHOL. (Received Dec. 7, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 7. A method for the distillation of industrial alcohol from Lamia palia (apparently a seaweed) has been discovered. The alcohol cost lod a gallon. The experiments indicate extensive conuner-
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 146002, 7 December 1917, Page 3
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115AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 146002, 7 December 1917, Page 3
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