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♦— - i WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. I By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, February 7. The Commonwealth wireless system starts 'on Monday. Any post iffice re-; ceives messages for transmission at the I rate of tenpenpe a word. The.rate is rei garded as exorbitant. SHALE OIL WORKS CLOSING. Sydney, February 8. I Following the rejection by the coal | shale miners of the increase in wages : offered by the Commonwealth Oil CorI poration, the latter has given a fcrtI night's notice of the closing of the works. j LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT. I Melbourne, February 8. l Two well-known vignerons, Brierly | and Fletcher, were killed at a level cross-1 ing at Barnawatha, owing to a train i dashing into their vehicle. | PTOMAINE POISONING. J Melbourne, February 8. j Fifty prisoners at Pentridge Gaol have) been stricken with ptomaine poisoning.) The cases are serious, but they are recovering. The refuse from the dinner which caused the trouble was given to { pigs, and 150 are dying.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 190, 9 February 1912, Page 2
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