AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, July 20. The Wimmera river is in high flood, and portions cf Horsham are inundated. j Fifty families were removed to high; ground. i A sum of £20,000 will be placed on! tbe nezH estimates for the construction; of a telegraph line between Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide under the Cape cable agreement with the E.stern Extension Company to relieve the pressure on existing lines. Received 20, 11.40 p.m. Melbourne, July 20. Mr Drake is drafting the tenders for. the carriage of Australian and English mails under white labour conditions.: It is understood tenders will ba invited i in B.itain and Australia by any route,; or for Bny section of a route, with a i proviso that white labour only will be' employed on the vessels. j Received 21,112 a m Stdsey, July 20. The doparture of the Monowai from Melbourne is postponed till 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon in order that correspondence may be forwarded by the express leaving Sydney on Wednesday | evening.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 169, 21 July 1903, Page 3
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169AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 169, 21 July 1903, Page 3
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