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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 130, 1 December 1896, Page 2

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(Per Press Association.) Albany, Nov. 30. Arrived — Rome from London. Passengers tor New Zealand : — Messrs Johnston, Wehrtie, Picks aDd Tronp. PEimr, Nov. 30. Two prisoners at Roeburne were chimed to b tree, and in revenge set fire io thf <,»>-ASH nronnd them with the result that both were severely burned before they could be released and are now in a criiic»l condition. Melbourne, Nov. 30. There was glorious weaiber on Saturdny for the first day of the Austral Wheel Meeting. The attendance was twenty thousand. The International Scrntch Mile resulted as follows: Ken Lewis, 1, Kuhle, 2, Pitlier 3. Won after a brilliant finish by H length in smin 4I : jse(;. The heats of the Austral Wheel Race were not finished. This Day. Harvesting is genernl iv the wheat dis tricts, and the yield id a good deal better than anticipated. The colony lust 7260 persons by emigration last quarter. Sydn-ky, Nov. 29. Speers, for many years municipal treasurer in Sydney has given himself up to the police on a charge of embezzling the funds of the city. The defalcations are gnppo9ed to be heavy. This Day. In order to meet the growing demand for telephones Government is obtaining a thousand of the latest type from Englund. Since the charges were reduced 1200 new telephones have been installed. Bkisbane, This Day The bulk of the wheat yield is har yetted. The Agricultural Department estimate the yield at abotU three- quarters of that of past years. Tha gruin is in good condition.