AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(PER UNITED-PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . Melbourne, May 27^ Experts believe it- was coal and not sewer gas which exploded at Oollingwood on Sunday night, and the cause is attri buted'to a lad throwing a cracker down a grating. May 28. The want of confidence debate is proceeding. The Premier defeated the Budget m a speech of great length, and severely handled Mr J. Alunro for saying that the Budget was a fraud and a sham. V Adelaide, May 28. Tenders for half a million Treasury bills hava been opened. £324,000 were offered varying from par to twenty shillings premium, and including £200,000 at par, * Stdnbt, May 27 As a denial to the charges that he is afraid to-meefO' Connor- Kemp offers to row the Canadian for the Bculling championship without any stakes. O'Con nor declines this, bat has intimated his willingness, to row for the coveted honour and £200 a- side. May 28. A coal tram on a pnyate line at Single* ton, 147 miles north-west of Sydney, ran away through the breaking of a coupling. A quantity of rolling stock was smashed, and the guard had a narrow escape.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 144, 29 May 1890, Page 2
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