AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
Per Press Association. Telegraph. Copyright Sydney, March 9.
In recognition of his bravery in connection with the recent sewer accident, Constable Davis has been made a senior constable. Three Now South Wales bowlers, forming a part of the Australasian team proceeding to England to play in the international matches, have sailed. The balance, including the New Zealanders, sail in the Omrah.. The object of the Minister of Work’s minute is to induce workers to join the union, and thus maintain the aigh rates of wages to be established. At the Sydenham inquest the En-gineer—in-Chief, in reply to a contention that the class of engine derailed was dangerous, said eighteen of these engines in the service were responsible for eight derailments, each derailment representing 643,000 miles they had run. Perth, March 9. Sir John Forrest has the distinction of being the first Federal Minister to be elected. He was returned unopposed for Swan electorate in the House of Representatives. Sixteen nominations have been received for the Senate, and twelve for the House. The Chinaman affected with plague is dead.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 59, 11 March 1901, Page 4
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