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AUSTRALIAN AND N. S’-. CAILK ASSOCIATE"’ VAST BUSH FIRES. SYDNEY, Nov 7. Vast nrcas in the west of New South Wales are still swept by fire. One block estimated at 211,1)1)0 square miles if, si | j aflame. Altogether millions of acres have lieeil devastated. I lie details so far are meagre, but it is k'lowii that tlie damage is enoriimus. The first loss of life has hemi reported from C’ardleby. where a returned soldier was burned to death while saving his wife and two children. One child escaped by digging its way into a rabbit warren. Three sleeper cutters in the same district are missing. ft is believed that most of the fires originated through the railway, or settlers burning off; .PRICE OF WllK'At. MELBOURNE. Nov. 7. Tlu* Wheat Commission !»»* im*** I the* price of wheat for rnnceision iuln flour for export. November ami IVcciubor. from •*> li to •">/- per lmsbrl
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1921, Page 3
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154AUSTRALIAN Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1921, Page 3
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