AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE. <n, nr • A Sydney, January 10. The Minister of Works, speakL at f^l'p Wlon < Baid «U "the Federal Government would only ask the 6 fh nmeDt for a Fed ° r »l ««pital site, the Government would be able to reply in a very few hours. CLOSER SETTLEMENT. Sydney, Janaury 10. Ben Lomond, one of the finest estates on the Now England tableland, is to be subdivided for closer settlement. TASMANIAN CABLES. „. _ . Melbourne, January 10. The Federal Government has declined the Eastern Extension Cable Company's terms for the sale of the Tasmania* cable. Specifications for two new cables, to be laid before a certain date to 1909, have been sent Home by mail. RAINS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, January 10. Further heavy rains have fallen In the north of Queensland. The fairway traffic is much interfered with." ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Sydney, January 10. The Rev. Mr Saxon, curate of St. Peter's, Eastern Hill, was unanimously invited by the officers and crew of th« Nimrod to accompany the expedition as clmpldn. Mr Raxon will Join the supplementary vessel.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 313, 11 January 1908, Page 2
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179AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 313, 11 January 1908, Page 2
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