SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 5

SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.

:_ >' ; Thursday Island, Octcbei- 28. There \vasa cevdrd'earthquake at'7'b'ciock this mbrnirigj and several minor shocks followed' lip ~to 8. o'clock: The' lighthouse at ( Qootl6| island wa's considerably damaged. Tho details .to hand v afe meagre. . • ; ' - ■"■' ■':'■>': : ':' ■■>.■■ ■'• •' 'i, ■ ' '*.'■'■'■ ■y\ ; TELIiGRAPHJAND"TELEPHONED .',, :;■;:/ i ■' Melbourne, Octpbbf 58. . ■ The" Federal ■'Postmaster-General '(Mr. Mauger)i has 1 detormihed to Eepiiratb the telegraphic and telephonic • servicesj' and to plftce .them, uridor different maiiagetnoliti Tiiis' action 'has : boeri'taken owing to tho' enormous ili; tlie telophbnic > service, which he considers demands a separate .department. '■ 'V 'FEDERAL TARIFF. ; : MelbournCj October 28/ , Sir ,William Lyiio, Feclcral troasilref, p'ropbsesj if the 'standing;* orders allow.of it, to sond the tariff up tb tho Soriatp wlieh one-' third of it is 'completed, lie hopes to "get the whole tariff" completed by Christmas. QUEEN ALEXANDRA AND'IJL'REN MAUD. ■■• ■■■ •••■' ■: .London, Octobor 27. • Queen Aloxandra (who has been visiting her brother the King of Denmark); hor daughter Quocii Maud of Norway, and Queen 'Maud's son, Prince Olaf, have arnived ,in London. ■ ' ' ' '■ •,: '• ' Mr. Poolc, M.H.R., addressed a gathering nt Wangaiiuilast bvoiiiiig in aid of the Motliodist Church.' The subject of tho lecttire was "Making Friends with Uncle Sam. ,, ; M'Keo and Co., Ltd., insert • n , fresh advcrtiseineut cliicfly . concpriiiiiß Silverstrpam land. Tlic ' firm also report Hip 'following'* sales during the throb ■■indntlis eiidiiig • September 30 last.. Farms--3500 .acres, .East Coast iSO.fiOO; 113 acres, Feiltling, CO acres, Feilding, J31500'; HO ' ncros, - WhnKanui ,£7100; 0000 ncres, Horowhomift district, ,£15,500; 105 acres L.1.P., Feilding, JJ3520; 110 ' acres, Wellington*: iCl3iO.; •■ J'rovincinl Tottii PropertieK-JBj acres, Mast.erton, X7COO. Wellington and Siiburbs-38 Uonald MnoLsaii-streot, i-acro, . -faeatoiin, .£275; 3-aci-e main roitcl, Kliandall.ili., £IW; 1-acre South Terrace, Kellmrnp, three liousPß I3ridgc ami 'Leary-strocts, Lower .£•1200. Miscellaneous ; sales -at Karon and Lowor Tliitt, and a number of land shares, the buyers of which do uot ' dpsirp, publication. Total, J612,C00. Grand total, JE79.740.