GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
Per Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. The new cable has been successfully laid across Cook Strait without a hitch. 'lhc work went on uninterruptedly from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the cable was landed without cutting or splicing. This is the first time -this has happened, About 40 knots were used. The cable rims from Lycll Bay on this side to White's Bay on the other. I'eilding, Saturday. An important land sale was held here hist night. About twenty small sections in Aorangi, two miles from Feilding and just outside the borough, were sold at an average price of £l5O an acre. Dunedin, Saturday. ! Two young men, Barnes and Foreman, were charged with desertin« H.M S Pioneer at Lyttclton on 2nd December.' The former said that they wore not deserters, but merely leave-breakers. They would be deserters ou Monday, which would make seven days' absence. They were scut back to Lyttclton. Westporfc, Saturday. The hcow Ilaere is ashore at Karamca. So far she has not suffered damage.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 9 December 1907, Page 2
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179GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 9 December 1907, Page 2
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