AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
By Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Albany, July 8. Arrived, troopship Orient, from Capetown, with large detachments of returning Australians. Adelaide, July S. The Eastern Extension Company have secured an office here, and expect cable communication with the Cape in January next. Brisbane. July hi. The elections to fill the vacancies caused by members being elected to the Federal Parliament resulted: —Bund.iberg: MiBarber (labor) beat the .Ministerialist candidate. Charter's Towers: Ml- Burrows (labor) boat the Democratic candidate. There were good majorities in each case. A boy named King has been attacked with plague. Sydney, ,1 uly 8. Arrived, River Boyne, from Kaipara. She experienced violent gales, and lost her boats and some sails. Considerable dai nage was done to the deck cargo and fittings. At (lie sheep sales 4093 sold for .£27.270. compared with 35.50 sheep for ,£27,608 last year. There was a fall of about 33 per cent., though the quality was well maintained. The decline was ehiclly due to the pastoralists of the drought-stricken districts of New South Wales being unable to come into the market.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 152, 9 July 1901, Page 4
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