AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Per Press Association.) Perth, Oct. 24. St. Agnes mine (Norseman) has struck rich gold, with pieces as large as marbles. A disastrous fire has occurred at Kalgoorlic. Five business places in the main street were destroyed, while several others on each side and portion of the Bank of Western Australia were dismantled to prevent the fire spreading ovtr Ibe town. The damage is esti- | mated at £'10,000. Brisbane, Oct. 24. Flour has advanced £2 per ton ; consequently the price of bread has been raised. In a quarrel at a shearers' camp at Laura, John Bowen killed a man named Michael Callaghan by striking him on tho head with a bottle. Bowen has been arrested, and admits that he killed Callaghan. and says he committed the deed owing to the latter telling lies about him. Melhouenk, October 24. The gold output for the nine months ended September was 556,5120z, an increase of Bl.OOOoz compared with a similar period of last year. This Day. What looks like an attempt to blow up George Rignold, a well known actor, was discovered at bis residence in Fiast Melbourne. A board had been removed from the floor and a gas pipe secured, and the carpet then replaced. Fortunately Rignold noticed the escape of gas before he struck a light.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 101, 26 October 1896, Page 2
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216AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 101, 26 October 1896, Page 2
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