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QUEENSLAND BLAZE. (Australian Press Association) BRISBANE, October 24. A fire at Nambour destroyed the local picture theatre, the Town Hall, and the Bank of New South Wales. COST OF LIQUOR, SYDNEY, October 25. The Government statistician estimates the expenditure by the community on intoxicants during the year ended June 30th. last, was £13,849,000 sterIngi, an increase of £242,000 for year This is equal to £5 13s 2d per head of the population. PRISONER. ESCAPES. SYDNEY, • October 25. ' A Glen Jnnis message states a prisoner, Henry Wratter -who was serving a life sentence, has escaped from Mt. Mitchell afforestation prison camp. All the northern police are searching the hills. It is thought hunger will soon drive him into the open country. FEDERAL POSTMASTER. MEHBOURNE, Oct. 25. Air Lyons, the new Postmaster-Gen-eral has announced that all notices of dismissals of temporary employees issued just before the elections have been cancelled. Nearly a thousand men are involved.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1929, Page 5
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