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Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1923, Page 3

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tUHTRAI.IAN AND N.Z CARLE ASSOCIATION, A BIG IT RE. I (Rereived this- dnv at 11 .15 a.m.) , SYDNEY, Oct. .Th | A four-storeyed building in Sussex (

Street, City, comprising prm 1 1 uyr, 1r cigars mid linicliinery firms, was gutted In” tiro. The (laliinut-* ‘ s £o(),lK)0. DROP IN FREIGHTS. SVDNE Y. Oct. •'!'). q’ho inter-Stiite Shipping Companies have deeitled (m n ten per cent, reiltieiion ol - freights to fall into hue '"O' tiu> recent reductions by Patrick steamships. UNUSUAL CITARRE. ST ONLY, Oct. 30. An unusual incident occurred at l’arramata. as a secitiel to a R"R]w League match between Windsor and AA entCvortlivifle in September. Harold Rtgl,i when sprinting for a try bad only Harold Chamiler to beat. The latter knocked Kilby’s arm down as lie was endeavouring to fend, and in the resultant mix-up Higbv was dazed. tn recovering lie found bis nose bleeding. Chandler lias now been committed tor trial at the next l'.irrainatt.i quarter sessions on a charge of occasioning actual bodily barm. PECULIAR FATALITY. SYDNEY, Oet. OIL Thomas Nazol. aged 33. was walking along the river bank at Albtiry when he encountered a tiger snake. 1.n.- , lent ally feeling a sharp prick m, tee calf of his right leg. Nazel sear Hied tin W ini the spot, and rubbed nicotine from the stem of his pipe into the wound. After receiving medical at U - lion he walked home, where ho collapsed and was removed to the hospital ~„d subsequently died. An examination showed lie was not bitten by P.e £ .snak-, death being due to nu-oti.ie poisoning. KIM.FI) BY SNAKE. SYDNEY. Oet. 3d. The well-known sire. Minter died at Casino as a result of being bitten on the bottom lip by a snake. SALE OF BUM OCKS. . MELBOURNE. Oct, Lb g here were 397 New Zealand bullocks vardetl. and the demand was even > sustained, prices ranging mini -Id J, £l7 10s, and averaging £PqS-