GENERAL CABLE NEWS
COSTLY TORTOISE-SHELL. LONDON, February 20. At a recent sale an exhibition lot of tortoise-shell fetched £ls per pound. N.S.W. WOOL EXHIBITS. SYDNEY, February 21. A New South Wales wool exhibit has been opened at Galashiels, Scotland. Many manufacturers and others attended a lecture given by Mr Hurley, of Australia. FURNITURE FOR SCHOOLS. SYDNEY, February 21. Mr Carmichael, Minister for Public Instruction, has expended £9OOO on the purchase of a factory for tho manufacture of furniture for the State schools. JAPANESE WARSHIPS. SYDNEY, February 21. The Japanese warships have departed. IRON AND STEEL WORKS. SYDNEY, February 21. It is anticipated that tho Iron and Steel Works Company’s worts being erected at Newcastle, will be nearing completion two years hence. CYCLING RECORD. MELBOURNE. February 21. Eric Tyler motor-cycled from Sydney to Melbourne (575 miles) in 24 hours 39 minutes, heating Gunn’s record by 75 minutes. • BILLIAEDIST ROBBED. LONDON, February 20. Inman, the Melbourne bilhardist, was robbed, of £SOO worth of jewellery.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8361, 22 February 1913, Page 6
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162GENERAL CABLE NEWS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8361, 22 February 1913, Page 6
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