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An Extraordinary Story. Received this day at 9 18 a m. Thursday Island, This Day,
Eight men described as Arabs or Lascars, brought from Grenville tell an extraordinary story. They state they left an unnamed schooner on a voyage of three months without calling anywhere. The schooner founded in a gale and the men swam together for eight days eventually landing at Cape Grenville. The supposition is that they either jumped from a passing steamer or are escapees from New Caledonia. Apparently Murder. Received this day at 9 30 a.m. Sydney, Jnne 26.
A decomposing body of a | Chinese vegetable hawker was found in the bush at Wyalong. His head was smashed and evidences point to a brutal murder. Murder by Natives. News from New Guinea states that M’Lean, an Island trader, was murdered by the natives. There are no details. State Elections. Melbourne, June 26. The elections to fill five vacancies in the Legislative Council caused by the .former members entering the Federal Parliament, resulted in the return. of Payne, Edmund Smith, Williams, Mainfold and Gray. For the Bogong seat in the Assembly, Billson, a Ministerialist, was elected.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 June 1901, Page 4
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199AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 June 1901, Page 4
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