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JOTTINGS FROM CABLES BIG FIRE IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Feb. 12. A fire destroyed Lewis’ general store and Sampson and Co’s furniture shop in the city. The damage is estimated at £20,000. STABILISING THE FRANC. PARIS, Feb. 12. “La Prcsse” says it is reported that M. Poncaire is aimthg at fixing the franc at 126.15 to the pound, exactly five times the pre-war rate. A new franc, called “thunard,” will then be introduced. KING’S PRESENT FOR CANBERRA. LONDON, Feb. 13. The Sunday “Times” understands that His Majesty is presenting to the Commonwealth for Parliament House at Canberra a pair of despatch boxes which are exact copies, in specially selected oak, of the famous Gothic boxes standing on the table in the House of Commons. A PHENOMENAL SNOWSTORM. PARIS, Feb. 13. A phenomenal snowstorm paralysed the island of Corsica, burying 13 woodcutters in a hut and two trains near Vizzavona, Skishod troops are provisioning the villagers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19766, 14 February 1927, Page 7
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