AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
BLOCK in- the RAILWAY SERVICE. (Per Press Association.) Mklbouiine, February 28. The full Court refused the motion for i a new trial in the case, Alison Smith v. ■ Syiue. Perth, This Day. Tho block in the railway service is i still unabated, a tremendous quantity of goods lying at the wharves at Freemantle, and pouring in at the rate of 3000 tons per week, which is more than the railways can move. Further trouble in threatened among telegraph operators. ] Brisbane, This Day. ! Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in the northern districts last night, and caused houses to shake an,d crockery to rattle. Operations in connection with the raising of the ferry boat Pearl have been suspended owmg to a further rise in the river. Rockhampton, This Day. Heavy rain continues throughout the district. The rivers are rising rapidly, and large stretches of railway line is inundated and traffic suspended.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 203, 29 February 1896, Page 2
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153AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 203, 29 February 1896, Page 2
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