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PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION, .Received 13, 5.40 p.m. Sydney, A prill 3. Dick Cavill hua lowsred the Atitralasiun amateur swimming record for 500 yards, swimming tie distance in 6min 36 4-ss'C. A larg fire at Pjrmont destroyed Wallis' cedar mills, Campbell's furoi turo factory, Curlaw's timber yard, aod a number of the buildings. The damage is estimated at £15,000. Bbisbanis, April 13. Thursday next is proclaimed as a day of humiliation and prayer for rain. Received 14, 1.7 a.m Sydney, April 13. George Tel bam, third officer of the Talune, died in the hospital to-day from injuries received while superintending loading yesterday. An iron girder was being hoisted aboard and ■ slipped, crushing his chest. | Six more plague patients h»ve been discharged as cured. Melbourne, April 13. Aruved: Waihora. Biusbane, April 13. Three t- p stories cf Hoii'nuug'a 1 rge bulk stores were burned, «nd the other stories seriously damaged. Valuable stocks «pie held, aid iucluded Ihrge consignmeot3 uf m itches, kerosena and ammunition. The damage is not sauted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 86, 14 April 1902, Page 3
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169AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 86, 14 April 1902, Page 3
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