AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
« DROUGHTS IN NKW SOUTH WALKS. (PKU PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Meluouuxk. March 17. A scriou* fire broke; o«it m Ki'.elien's cimdlc factory .-it IWt AJ o) bourne, and dislrojed 100 tons of oil. The damage is estimated nt over L7OQO The Government arc considering a proposal that tlio Government should grant a butter bonus cf n penny in the pound for butter realising lOd to 1* per 1b in the Home market, and ljd; per lb for that over Is, flic Premier has decided to introduce nn income tax nest session. Sydney, This Day. The railway revenue lost £10,000 owing: to floods causiug tho traffic to fall off. Tho Government are determined not to accept the amendment made by tho Legislative Council in the Electoral Bill providing for a vote for thrift. Newcastle, This Day. A severe drought is now being experienced in the interior, aud oo many stations stock acd cattle are perishing. Tho road from Dodnatta to Alice Springs can only bo traversed by camels. No rain has fallen for two or three years.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 115, 18 March 1893, Page 2
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176AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 115, 18 March 1893, Page 2
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