AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[united PRESS association]. (by electric telegraph.—copyright). Melbourne, July 20. The manager of the Eastern Extension Company has received a cable stating that the first section at the land end of the Capetown cable will be proceeded with at once, if the necessary consent is giveu by the Australian Governments, and that within two jears these colonies will be connecttd with England, via the Cape. Brisbane, July '2O. A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire iuto the administration of the Queensland police. The Commissioner! set forth that, whereas certain crimes have been committed, and the perpetrators have not been brought to justice, doubts have arisen as to the efficiency of the criminal investigation branch of the force. The English footballers defeated Maryborough by 27 points to 8. Perth, July 20. The bodies of Baxter (second mate) and Plaintin (seaman) have been washed ashore from the City of York. The vessel is breaking up. The hull and cargo were sold for £323. Sydney. July/20 Mrs Vowser, wife of a Broken Hill miner, drowned herself and her child in a well. 111-health was the cause.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 464, 22 July 1899, Page 3
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185AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 464, 22 July 1899, Page 3
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