AUSTRALIAN NEWS
NEVER SAW RAIN!
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIKL
(Australian Press Association)
BRISBANE, January 23
A mother and her seven children from Julia Creek, in Central Western Queensland, came to Brisbane and visited a seaside resort at Redcliffe. Rain fell there on the first night tlia they were at Rcdeliflc. One of the party, a girl, seven year old, bad never seen rain before, and she became so excited that she stood in the rain and bad a natural shower bath. The mother explained that she had almost forgotten the sound of rain. She bad seen none since the night that her seven-year-old girl was born. She added that they relied on artesian bores for water at Julia Creek.
MAI/r KING DEAD
SYDNEY, Jan. 24
The once famous Australian mile horse. Malt King, lias died at Kingfield stud.
Vertigern. winner of the Wellington Cup, was bred at Kingfiold stud
AN APPOINTMENT
SYDNEY, Jan. 2-1
Doctor E. E. Datli who lias been appointed Professor of Pathology at the University of Otago, sails iby the Tahiti for New Zealand to-day. Ho has received the highest praise for his work in this capacity at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
AN AMALGAMATION
MELBOURNE. Jan. 24
Shareholders of Barnett Glass Rubber Coy., Ltd., unanimously approved <>l rho terms offered by the Dmilon Rubber Coy. for the purchase of the whole of Barnet Glass ordinary sharer at 325, which aggregate £BBO,OOO staling. The view lias been expressed hut a further amalgamation is likely to lie announced shortly thereby stabilising the rubber manufacturing trade in Australia.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1929, Page 6
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