COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
WALGETT SAFE FROM FLOOD. United Faxes Association —Copyuioiit SYDNEY, Jan. 27. . Walgett is safe from inundation. The embankments are holding up and the water is stationary. WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. MELBOURNE, Jan. 27. A special inquiry is being held regarding a runaway goods train between Lancefield and. Snnbury. For some unexplained reason the brakes failed and the train travelled at the rate of 60 miles an hour. A departmental foreman, travelling on the van, pluckily climbed from a truck and put on the handbrakes, and brought the train to a standstill. UNCHARTED ROCK. COSTS. £23,000. It is reported that, a tender of £23,007) has been accepted for repairs to the steamer Papanui, which was damaged through striking an uncharted rock. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. The Minister of Defence has decided to send Rome Australian crews to bring out the new destroyers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2721, 28 January 1910, Page 5
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142COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2721, 28 January 1910, Page 5
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