AUSTRALIAN NEWS
RECORD TRAM TRAFFIC. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 0, 9.45 p.m. Sydney, April 9. The tram traffic in the city totalled 1,015,000, which constitutes a record. A DESPATCH RACE. The despatch race between motor cars, motor cycles and .bicycles, from Melbourne to Sydney, was won by the motor cyclists in record time, owing to the driver of one of the motor cars missing the road. The various times were: Motor cyclists, olhrs. 'oOmin.; motor-cars, 47hrs. 4Gmin.; cyclists, OOhrs. 32min. A CYCLONE. Received 0, 11.30 p.m. Brisbane, April 0. A cyclone struck Innesfail on Sunday afternoon. Twenty and a half inches of rain fell. The telegraph lines are down, and particulars are meagre. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Perth, April 0. A fire destroyed Montgomery's drapery store at Kalgoorlie. The damage is £OOOO, "but it is covered bv insurance.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 239, 9 April 1912, Page 5
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136AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 239, 9 April 1912, Page 5
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