AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
Adelaide, April 1. The Govermenl Las purchased the the Adelaide tramways for £280,000. George Brown, a notorious criminal, who recently figured in a sensational attack on a detective, was s'entended to imprisonment for life for shooting a man with intent to murder. Svdsev, April 3, The majority of the associated colI liery-owncrs in the' Newcastle and .Maitland districts have decided to raise the selling prico of coal to nine shillings per ton from the Ist of tlio present month. The decision does not apply to existing contracts, and involves an incrcaso of fourpence in the hewing rate. A cable has been received anuounci.ig the death in London of Lady Cooper, wife'of Sir Daniel Cooper. The Conference of Stats Premiers opens in Sydney to-morrow., A number of important subjects are down for discussion, Advices have been received to the effect that two Britishers in the New Hebrides have' decided to become, naturalised French subjects, in order to participate in the French encouragements to settlers, as opposed to their treatment by the Commonwealth. The value of tho silver, lead, and zinc mined in New South Wales last year was £3,313,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8077, 5 April 1906, Page 3
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190AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8077, 5 April 1906, Page 3
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