AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
| A LARGE SHIPMENT OF BUTTER FIRE ON BOARD A WOOL SHIP. ! 600 BALES DESTROYED. i (per press association). Melboubne, This Day. The largest shipment of butter tbat has ever left the colony in one vessel was 1 despatched by the Massilia, it consisting ' of 555 tons. Bbisbane, November 19 1 Thc prisoners placed in gaol during the shearers' strike have beon released, hav--1 ing com] leted their sentences. On leav--1 ing gaol Walls met with n most enthusi--1 nstic reception from thc trade societies. This Day. 1 It is estimated the wheat yield this 1 season will be the largest in the history of 1 the colony. A fire broke out on board the mail steamer India, and destroyed 600 bales of , wool. Very little injury was caused to the vessel. The fire is supposed to be the work of incendiaries. Sydney, November 19. Mr Merriman, the lato City Solicitor, j I who was recently suspended on tbe ' ground of irregularity in his accounts, is . dead. A terrific hailstorm has been experi- » enced at Bathurst. Immense damage I was dono to crop?, stacks and otber [ property. The hail was of great siz-?, ) and several persons were injured. ' ,
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 121, 20 November 1893, Page 2
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