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LONDON, March 6 War Office authorities have cancelled the appointment held by A. F. Calvert as Hon. Colonel of the West Australian regiment. During a recent trial for libel it transpired that Calvert wished to obtain an Hon. Colonelcy in a volunteer regiment for political purposes, and that it was obtained. BRISBANE, March 7 It is raining heavily, and rivers are rising. Floods have occurred at Gympie and Maryborough. SYDNEY, March 7 Continuous rains have seriously injured maize crops in the Richmond district. A cable from Noumea reports that a French warship has returned from a fruitless search for ihe Euriado. It is feared the steamer foundered; she had 34 of a crew and 3 passengers. MELBOURNE, March 7 Federal Convention settled the water rights question by providing that States reasonable (?) for right to use water shall not be infringed by anything in the Constitution. Govt accepted tender of Pennsylvania Steel Company, of America, to supply 14,000 tons steel rail fish plates, aggregating £75,000. NAPIER, March 7 The police raided the hotels here on Saturday night, with result that informations will be laid against the licensees of two hotels.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XVII, Issue 1849, 8 March 1898, Page 5
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190LATEST. Kaikoura Star, Volume XVII, Issue 1849, 8 March 1898, Page 5
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