COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
THE DROUGHT CYCLE. (Received 11.50 a.m.) Melbourne, January 8. Air Hunt discounts Mr Archibald’s drought prediction, and declares that no official meteorologist would venture such a forecast based on Bruckner’s cycle theory. A DISAPPOINTED EXPLORER. Hobart, January 8. In connection with the suicide of Captain Johansen it was stated that he was keenly disappointed at not. being selected to accompany Captain! Amundsen to the Pole. He stated proudly that he had been Avith Nansen to Farthest North, and his ambition was to reach the South Pole. During his stay here, he kept entirely to himself. STANDARD OIL TRUST. Adelaide, January 8. Negotiations are virtually complet-i ed for the sale by '.the South Australian Petroleum Developments Syndicate of their whole interests in the oil-bearing property on Kangaroo Island to the Standard Oil Trust.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 8 January 1913, Page 6
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134COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 8 January 1913, Page 6
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