AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Per Press Association.) Sydney, Sept. 24. A shocking accident befel c. carpenter named Slingo at TocuinvvaJ. He Blipped on the roof uf a building and fell to the ground. During the descent he ran a pine splinter, six inches long into his bmtoek. The Bulli miners have resumed work, a compromise having been arrived at. This Day. The half relay bicycle ride between Sydney and Melbourne was completed in 21 hours oTmin. Brisbane, Sept. 24. Obituary — Percy McDonnell, the wellknown cricketer. This Day. Given, of the English Rifle Club, won the Queen'H prize, Corjioral Bradley second. The latter won the championship match. Clark's sugar mill at Woongarra was burned. Damage £r>ooo. Supposed incendiarism, Melbourne, This Day. The steamer Bog ing has broken up, and all ]io[ o of the safety of the five uiissiui.' moo is abandoned. Pkkth This Day. A resolution wrr carried in the Asserijljly iv i.ivor of legislation to stop the alarming influx of Chinese and other Asiatics. Ministerial proposals are to restrict the importation of colored labor into the v.c rthcrn districts, and to prevent the Lut:U coming Koutli. The (licit Boulder crusheJ 688 tons of stone for 20i38 ources of gold.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1896, Page 2
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198AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1896, Page 2
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