AUSTRALIAN CABLE.
(Per Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Per Psrsb Association.) (Received 10.40 a.m., September 2ud.) DAMAGED ROADS. Sydney, Sept. 2. The Minister of Public Works proposes to borrow a quarter of a million from loan funds m order to repair the main roado of tho colony, which have suffered considerable damase from tho recent phenomenal rains. A GTANT WAVE. Tho steamer Cuzco had a peculiar experience on her last voyage. After leaving Gibraltar a tidal wave struck the vessel, sweeping her decks and doing a largo amount of damage. Nearly every one on board was injured more or less, and some bo seriously that they had to bo landed at Naples. Many persons had limbs broken. THE. VICTORIAN CABINET. Melbourne, Sept 2. Mr Dow, who left the Cabinet m consequence of his connection with the Premier Building Society, has been reappointed Minister of Lands. Mr Deakin becomes Solicitor-General, and Mr Patterson, m addition to the Cuitome, takes tho Postmaster-Generalship. WRECK OF THE CARLISLE. A Government steamer baa been unable to find tho rock upon which the Carlisle was wrecked. RABBIT PEST. Adelaide, Sept. 2. The earliest sown and most promising wheat m the north-eastern hundreds has bean literally eaten down by swarms of rabbils.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4932, 3 September 1890, Page 2
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203AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4932, 3 September 1890, Page 2
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