AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
+. GENERAL ITEMS. Ai'Ei.Aii'K. Oct. 2fl. The revenue for the September quarter shows an increase of A'"iO,(XK) as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. Railway receipts are wholly responsible for the increase. The expenditure .shows a comparative iuerea.se of £87,000. Kerr, paced by a triplet, did a quart, rmilc iu 2G 2-">th sec and half-a-uiile in 55sec. This day. At a meeting of the creditors of Harold Jiro-. the report of the Inspectors was averse to the proposal that the tirm should carry on business under inspection. A motion was carried by a large majority in favor of the assignment of the e-tate. The meeting of the local branch of the British Medical Association unanimously decided that the late honorary .staff should not n rsr.i to the hospital until the charges brought against Drs Napier and >mitb are instigated by an impartial tribunal. 1...it 1 Oct. 90. A telegram from the (Gladstone district states tjiat the e fleet of the drought is I>t iiig si •». rely felt. 'Die water holes are dry arid entt 1-■ are dying of thirst. The farmer.-' crojisaiv ruined, and there is scarcely enough fodder to keep the dairy cattle alive.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 159, 30 October 1896, Page 3
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198AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 159, 30 October 1896, Page 3
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