THE EUROPEAN CABLE.
eabthquakhTin Wellington; WBIiIiINQTON, August 11. An intimation-hnboen-reoeived bf the telegraph department that thefl.s.- Edinburgh has'been spoken with by wire.- "She will probably have joined up between-Port-I^rwio and Baojoewangio by this afternoon. Tho cable botweon Penang and Madras, and the lines aoross Siberia are stiU unrepaired. A shook of earthquake ooourred at 4 a.m. today, and was preoedod by a rumbling noise. Dunbdin, Aug. 7. Tho Times condemns tho manner in whioh tho bolanoe sheet of the Now Zoaknd Shipping Company is made up. Tho agontof Boboiis, tho billiard player, will arrive tj-morrow. Tho doublo-laddor dredge, in course of construction for tho Harbour Board, will cost £20,000.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2611, 7 August 1876, Page 2
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