AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
CARDINAL VERDOUS' CONSECRATION. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL FLEET WRECK OF A STEAMER. THE CAPTAIN AND A SAILOR DROWNED. (Per Press Association.) Adelaide, April 17. Splendid rains have* fallen tbronghom the colony with the exception of the Northern district?, and have greatly improved the agricultural prospects. Hobart, April 17. The Knikoura arrived at noon, and sails at 5 p.m. for Wellington. Sho hns 10 pns a engers for Australia and 60 for New Zealand. Sydney, This Day. Cardinal Moran joins the Mararoa at Melbourne to take part in Archbishop Yerdon's consecration. The Orlando, accompanied by the Ringaroorna and the Wallaroo, sails for New Zealand on May 14th. Owing to a proposal to increase the freights between Colombo and Australia by the mail lines it is expected the Clan line of steamers will run a three-weekly service from Calcutta to Sydney via Colombo. Melbourne, This Day. The Government contemplate purchasing five Maxims and 2000 Lee-Met-ford barrels which will be fitted to Martini stocks. The treasurer, however, fears he cannot find the money. A libel action, Mirams v. Argus, has began. The defence is " fair comment." Brisbane, This Day A small steamer earned the Arakoon was wrecked at South Barnard. The captain, a sailor, and a passenger were drowned.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 243, 18 April 1896, Page 2
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