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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1009, 30 September 1903, Page 4

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As an example of irrigation, Sir John See quotes the case or a man he met in Narrabri, New South Wales, who cultivated only two acres of land but who applied water to the soil, and grew pumpkins. In 12 months his return was £IOO. Another man, who had a similar area at Muswellbrook, had grown L9O worth of pumpkins by irrigation, in the same period. The butter output on all the Northern Eiver districts of New South Wales is increasing to a considerable extent consequent upon the improved season, and in the sugar-cane growing areas the crops are reported to be very satisfactory. An expressman was charged at Wellington with overloading a horse, the weight of the load, including the vehicle, being three tons lOcwt. Defendant was fined £T and £2 10s costs. A miner named John Curry met with a serious accident at Broken Hill, New South Wales. He was working in Block 13 Proprietary mine at the 300 ft level breaking down ground, when he slipped and fell on a bar he was using. The bar, which was rusty, perforated one of his lungs. Mails which left Melbourne via Brindisi on August 26th arrived at London on September 27th,