VARIOUS CABLES.
MINOR ITEMS EPITOMISED, It is officially certified that there is a plague in the Transvaal. The Legislative Council of Pretoria have urged tto'Motherland to appoint a commission of influential nun to visit the Transvaal and report on the whole question of Asiatics and trading] licenses. The Federal Miniister of Customs 'ias obtained a report regarding opium smuggled in by Malaya, which is largely used by aborigines in Northern Queensland, causing a groat deal of immorality and deterioration, besides loss of revenue.
There is ato truco of -tifou Tumljpi-um-da (N.S.W.) gold. The mystery surrounding the roUbvry remain# unsolved. 'i lit* owner of the gold ivandud a constable the ehuTgo of a duplicate key to the strong room, al'Ler depositing, to save lvim the trouble ot' sending to him should others wish to use the safe. The constable carI ried the keys inj a poekot inside his I vest, but when wanted they were ! 'missing.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 193, 19 August 1904, Page 3
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155VARIOUS CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 193, 19 August 1904, Page 3
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