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By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Brisbane, May 7. A mission boat containing four black boys was capsized at Woody Island, and all were drowned. At a meeting of the Board of Officers, Lieut.-Colonel Riccards, President, was appointed to compile an official history of the part taken by the Queensland Contingents in the South African campaign. Melbourne, May 7. The steamer Darius has arrived from Calcutta with a mild case of small-pox aboard. The patient is an Indian messroom bov. Sydney, May 7. The Railway Commissioners have appointed a board of experts from the other States to make an independent inquiry into the Sydenham railway accident. The preparation of decoration of the streets for the Royal visit is being pushed on. The Government sections are well in hand, and the various citizens 1 committees are working vigorously. Money is being subscribed freely. While Wirth’s Circus was at Wellington, N.S.W., Mr Carl Wirth was putting the tigers through their performances, and was severely bitten on the leg. One of the circus employees succeeded in rescuing Mr Wirth, but he also was bitten.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 101, 8 May 1901, Page 3
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