AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
I A SUNKEN STEAMER RAISED. ■ ( By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. • I Sydney, September 19. ; The coasting steamer Comboyne, which . struck the breakwater at Tort Kembla ) and sank, lias been raised. The damage \ I is not extensive. ; DISASTROUS 'HUSH FIRES. : Sydney. September 19. Bush fires in the Bellingen aud Dorrigo districts destroyed a sawmill, several homesteads, miles of grass, and a number of cattle and horses. AN AUSTRALIAN PEST. , Brisbane, September 19. The Queensland Prickly Pear Commis- . sion departs for India and Ceylon in : November, and subsequently will leave , for South Africa. : I THE HOBART WTRELESR STATION. Melbourne, September 18. The Telegraph Department denies that the Hobart wireless station is ineffeci tive. The Melbourne station declares -.' that Hobart has no difficulty in communicating with them and they have no difficulty in speaking to Hobart. Mel- - bourne says also that it has heard IIo- ; bart speaking to vessels at the Bluff, and points out that, despite atmospheric disturbances, Hobart communicates with the Macquaries nightly.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 106, 20 September 1912, Page 2
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163AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 106, 20 September 1912, Page 2
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