AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, February 3. ' Arrived, last night, the City of New York. ! The Torres Straits steamer Singapore was wrecked off the Queensland coast. I No lives "were lost. ' The Cable Conference closed to-day. Tho following, amongst other resolutions, was carried :—" That the several Governments- of South Australia, Queensland, and Western Australia will be invited to open negotiations for the construction of cables connecting their several colonies with Singapore or Ceylon, and the Government of New Zealand enter into communication with the Government of the United States for the purpose of pro-. curing their consent to contribute to the payment of any subsidy that may be payable in respect of the same; and further,. that ?i all negotiations of the several Governments the necessity for procuring a reduction of the present tariff rates be es-, pecially kept in view, the maximum rate being six shillings per word.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2522, 5 February 1877, Page 2
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146AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2522, 5 February 1877, Page 2
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