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SURGICAL FEAT. (Australian Press Association) (Received this day at 10 a.m.l MELBOURNE, January 30. In replacing the scalp of Catherine Thorp, cabled yesterday the doctors performed .a most delicate operation, which if successful, will be a most remarkable surgical feat. It is hoped to set the scalp by skin grafting. The girl is still conscious. STEAMER DISABLED. BRISBANE, January 30. The British steamer Lucislin was travelling towards the Queensland coast having developed engine trouble. She is now reported to be 750 miles east off Rockhampton. Fearing the possibility of a cyclone, the master sent a wireless message for, assistance, and the tug Coringa has been despatched. QJUEENSLAND FLOODED. BRISBANE, January 30. Many parts of northern western Queensland that have been dry for years are now inland seas and in some parts train passengers have been marooned in railway carriages for a fortnight. Two horsemen at different parts were drowned when their horses plunged into the surging waters, and a third man was drowned at Cannamulla. There is now a complete stoppage of railway services in the north and west. Approximately a thousand passengers are stranded at different parts. Supplies of foodstuffs at Mt. Isa are running short- as the town has been isolated for a fortnight. INVITATION ACCEPTED. (Received this dav at 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 30. The New South Wales athlete Golding has accepted New Zealand’s invittation to a three weeks tour and leaves on Friday with the internationals.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1930, Page 5
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