SECON D EDTION VERY LATEST.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— tPOPYBI&HT.) (reuter's telegrams.) ' .'■* ~ t Melbourne, Tbia Day. ' A fire f broke out last -.night about mid-nighfc m the storeroom 'of tna ship Leicester Cas.tle, lyiiig at .! Sandridge, It was fortunately soon discovered, and suppressed. A man - has been arrested who is believed to have caused the fire. The Melbourne and Sydney Chamber of Commerce have united, with the view 1 of urging a Poswl Conference at Sydney to reduce the rates on telegrams. Sydney, Tnis Day. The postal conference is now Bitting here, and it is probable that m addition to the question of joining the union, the conference will consider Intercolonial postage and telegraphic -rates and charges on telegrams to Englandr
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 126, 4 May 1883, Page 2
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120SECOND EDTION VERY LATEST. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 126, 4 May 1883, Page 2
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