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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9067, 6 February 1908, Page 5

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Per Press Association. —Copyright. Received Feb. 6, 10.8 a.m. Melbourne, February 6. An effort in the Senate to make New Zealand blue cod free was defeated. Mr Deakin has received a telegram from the German Consul-General in Sydney stating that the matter of sending convicts to the Pacific was only mentioned by one man in the Reichstag, and passed quite unnoticed by German public opinion. Brisbane, February 6. The Nokko Maru, Japanese mail steamer, passed Thursday Island in quarantine. She landed two cases of smallpox at’Manila. The health of all on board is good. Perth, February 6. The steamer Windsor, from Fremantle to Hong Kong, was wrecked on Sunday night west of Pelsart Island, one of the Abrolhos group. Her bottom was sfn&shed in. Six Whites and 14 Chinese landed. The Chief Engineer, Jenkins, was dashed on the reef and killed. The remainder of the; crew refused to leave, as the vessel is safe there unless bad weather comes on., Assistance has been sent.