AUSTRALIAN NEWS
WELCOME BAINS. By Ca.ble.—Pross Association.—Copyrigu, _ Sydney, December 23. e The drought has Ibeen broken by good 6 rain in the coastal districts and thun- . derstorms inland. The rain has checked j the bush fires. Received December 23, 11.10 p.m. Sydney, December 2*3, ( A heavy southerly gale with drenching rain has prevailed all day, tele--5 graphic communication in all directions 1 being greatly interfered with, f THE GREAT HAOKENSCHMIDT. r Adelaide,. December 23. . Th.e wrestler flaakenschmidt, accora--1 panjed by Gunner Moir, has arrived . After a short stay in Australia he will . proceed to New Zealand. , ABOLISH l.\G CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Perth, December 23. A public meeting resolved in favor cf the abolition of capital punishment, on the ground that it failed as a deterrc it to crime, THE WARATAH. Melbourne, Decj^.V.meeting to be asked to assist. TELEPHONE PROFITS IV VICTORIA. Melbourne, December 23. The report of the Telephone Accounts Commission shows that from the date of assumption of Federal control to the end of last June the telephones of Victoria yielded a net profit of £146,000. last year, when the toll sTsto>«i ' n operation, there .was a loss vf
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 273, 24 December 1909, Page 2
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189AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 273, 24 December 1909, Page 2
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