AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
NEWCASTLE "CREEPS." Received February 7, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, February 7. The Chief Inspector of Mines, giving evidence befon a Royal Commission on the Newcastle "creeps," said the cathedral probably suffered by being on the boundary of the two creeps. It was impossible to approach the old mine workings owing to fire and water. The fire had been caused Dy suppressed combustion. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Received February 7, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, February 7. A number of questions were asked in the Federal Senate with respect to the £5,000 voted for the Nimrod expedition. The Minister said the application for a grant had not been made alore by Professor David, of Sydney University, who is one of the scientists to the expedition, but representations had come from various sources. There was no reason to believe that the expedition was a speculative one, as suggested in one of the questions.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9050, 8 February 1908, Page 5
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149AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9050, 8 February 1908, Page 5
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