AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
A LUCKY NEW ZEALANDER. WINS A PROQERTY WORTH ,£4OOO. (Per Press Association). Perth July 9. It is proposed to borrow £2,500,000 for the purpose of supplying the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie Goldtields towns with water. It is intended to construct an immense reservoir in the Darling ranges, capable of supplying 5,000,000 gallons daily. The scheme will subsequently be extended to other important centres. The railways will also be extended to the goldfields Sydney, This Day. Sailed — Whangaroa for Kaipara. Sailed — Warrimoo, for Vancouver. The Premier received a wire from the Mayor of Newcastle to-night, stating that the strike is virtually at an end. Hobart, This Day. Mr J. Webb, of Lyttelton, wins the first prize — an estate valued at £4000 —in Tattersall's Sydney property lottery. Melbourne. This Daj'. A remarkable rich yield of gold was obtained from Bett's mine in Conyong — Five tons yielded BBoz. Brisbane, This Day At the halt-yearly meeting of the Royal Bank of Queensland the balancesheet showed a net profit of i' 6445. A dividend at the rate of 2| per cent per annum was declared.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 10, 11 July 1896, Page 2
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181AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 10, 11 July 1896, Page 2
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