AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright,
PRICE OF BUTTER. Received August 17, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, August 17. Butter will be quoted to-day at 120s per cwt. A BOAT FROM THE HAWEA. Received August 18, 12.30 a.m. SYDNEY, August 17. A boat from the Hawea has landed south of Solitary Island, near the Clarence river. The island is not connected with telegraph, but signals made by the party are to the effect that the boat is in charge of the chief office**. They left the Hawea on August 10th in latitude 29.15 south, longitude 154.57 east. The captain requested immediate assistance, as he feared that the vessel would drift on the reeis northward of Lord Howe Island. The chief officer states that the vessel's longitude position will probably be afFected by the recent south-west gales. The occupants of the boat landed greasy exhausted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9169, 18 August 1908, Page 5
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