AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 79, 30 September 1895, Page 2

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THE MALINGERING BROTHERS. AN EXTENSIVE FIRE. (PKE PRESS ASSOCIATION) Melbourne, Sept. 28. Owing to the slowness of his recovery it was intended to submit Louis Abraham to electric battery, but like his brother Emanuel, he immediately found his voice and appetite and also the use of his limbs. Adelaide, Sept 22. The Government Geologist, reporting on his extended visit to the Northern Territory, says he is favourably impressed with respect to the coal, gold, and tin deposits, and that further prospecting in the vicinity of the present fields and untested areas will lead to extensive discoveries. He suggests that there should be deep sinking and that Government offer a substantial reward for the discovery of payable finds. Brisbane, Sept. 29. The boiling-down works at Barcaldine, to -which extensive additions were only recently completed, have been destroyed by fire. The damage was estimated at £5000, and 60 men were thrown out of work. Perth, This Day. The Assisted Schools Abolition Bill passed through Committee after a long and bitter debate over the compensation clause. The Government carried an an amount of £20,000 by one vote, but deferring to the wish of a large section of the House, they afterwards reduced it to £15,000, and this was accepted.