TOWN EDITION.
By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. JPER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Received March 20, 12 50 p m. Sydney, This Day. The Government Mine Inspector at Broken Bill writes that the stones recently found at Peolamaeca are garnets and not rubies. He states that no rub* ies have yet been found, although from the nature of the ground there may be some discoveries. Two thousand acres of ground have already been taken up, and prospecting is actively proceeding. BbmbaNe, This Day. The steamer, City of Melbourne, is reported ashore or broken down near the moath of the Norman river in the Gulf of Carpentaria. A jockey has been killed at the TownsVille races. Meiboubne, This Day. The Government intend introducing a Customs Tariff Bill, and a vast number suggestions for it have already been received. A new fort is to be constructed at the entrance of the harbour the cost of which, according to the Defence Minis* ter, will be L 130.000, but the departmental estimate for the work is fixed at LIOO.OOO more City contributions to the Imperial Institute Fund amount to L 5.397. Adelaide, This Day. The shareholders of the Monnt Me* Donnell Ruby Mines Company, have approved the sale of the Company's interest to a London syndicate.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 98, 20 March 1888, Page 3
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209TOWN EDITION. Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 98, 20 March 1888, Page 3
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